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1 2013 MEN S GYMNASTICS University of Illinois TABLE OF CONTENTS 2013 Fighting Illini Roster/Schedule 2 Head Coach Justin Spring 3-4 Assistant Coach Ivan Ivankov 5 Assistant Coach Daniel Ribeiro 5 Volunteer Assistant Coach Luke Stannard 6 Support Staff Season Preview 7-8 FIGHTING ILLINI QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY Location Urbana-Champaign Enrollment 42,605 Nickname Fighting Illini Colors Orange and Blue Conference Big Ten President Robert Easter Chancellor Phyllis Wise Athletic Director Mike Thomas Home Facility (Capacity) Huff Hall (3,800) COACHING STAFF Head Coach...Justin Spring Alma Mater.... Illinois, 06 Overall Record/Season /Fourth Big Ten Record/Season /Fourth Assistant Coach/Season... Ivan Ivankov/Fifth Assistant Coach/Season...Daniel Ribeiro/Second Volunteer Assistant/Season Luke Stannard/Second ATHLETIC PUBLIC RELATIONS MEN S GYMNASTICS OFFICE Office Manager Mary Gallagher Gymnastics Office Phone Gymnastics Office Fax RECAP 2012 Overall Record Big Ten Finish First 2012 NCAA Finish First 2012 High Score Preview 2013 Preseason Ranking First 2012 National Champions Returning/Lost 1/ All-Americans Returning/Lost 5/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 13/5 Newcomers Team Captains Vince Smurro -- Sr., Jordan Valdez -- Jr., Josh Wilson -- So. First Year of Men s Gymnastics 1898 Years at NCAA Team Championships/Last 44/2012 NCAA Titles 10 ( 39, 40, 41, 42, 50, 55, 56, 58, 89, 12) Men s Gymnastics Contact Nicole Mechling Address nmechli2@illinois.edu Office Phone Cell Phone Sports Information Director Kent Brown Associate Director Derrick Burson Assistant Directors Derek Neal, Ben Taylor, Marla Glasser, Matt Wille Graduate Assistant Josh Bates Intern Taylor Thomas Creative Design/New Media Adam Marantz, Heidi Rivers, Will Wyss Office Manager Jen Funderburk Office Phone/Fax / Web Site Facebook Twitter Mailing Address Bielfeldt Athletic Administration Building 1700 South Fourth St., Champaign, IL Senior Malcom Brown 9 Senior Yoshi Mori 9 Senior Austin Phillips 10 Senior Vince Smurro 10 Junior Andrew Margolis 11 Junior Chad Mason 11 Junior Cameron Rogers 12 Junior Cole Smith 12 Junior Jordan Valdez 13 Junior Alex Varga 13 Sophomore C.J. Maestas 14 Sophomore Nick Sacramento 14 Sophomore Michael Wilner 15 Sophomore Josh Wilson 15 Redshirt Freshman Jacob Tilsley 15 Freshman Logan Bradley 16 Freshman Fred Hartville 16 Freshman Max Mayr 16 Freshman Joey Peters Season Review Big Ten Championships Review NCAA Championships Review 19 All-Time Coaching Records 20 All-Time Results All-Time Series Records 24 All-Time Titles Leaders 25 International // NCAA Honors 26 NCAA Honors 27 NCAA // Big Ten Honors 28 Big Ten // Academic Honors 29 Individual & Team Records All-Time Letterwinners Fighting Illini TV Roster 35 CREDITS: The 2013 Illinois men s gymnastics record book is a publication of the University of Illinois Athletic Public Relations Office. Photos by Mark Jones, Mark Cowan, Cary Frye, Nicole Mechling and Getty Images ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 1

2 ROSTER / SCHEDULE FIGHTING ILLINI MEN S GYMNASTICS ILLINOIS ALPHABETICAL ROSTER THE 2013 FIGHTING ILLINI (L-R) Front Row: Joey Peters, Mike Wilner, C.J. Maestas, Austin Phillips Back Row: Jordan Valdez, Yoshi Mori, Jacob Tilsley, Logan Bradley, Max Mayr, Josh Wilson, Cole Smith, Vince Smurro, Malcolm Brown, Chad Mason, Nick Sacramento, Alex Varga, Andrew Margolis, Cameron Rogers, Fred Hartville Not pictured: Doug Blanton NAME YR. EVENT HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL Doug Blanton So. PH, SR, PB, HB Harvard, Mass./Worcester Academy Logan Bradley Fr. FX, PH, PB, HB Naperville, Ill./Naperville North Malcolm Brown Sr. PH, VT Chicago, Ill./Walter Payton College Prep Fred Hartville Fr. FX, VT Atlanta, Ga./Arabia Mountain C.J. Maestas So. AA Corrles, N.M./Cibola Andrew Margolis Jr. SR Solon, Ohio/Solon Chad Mason Jr. PH Lake Balboa, Calif./Homeschooled Max Mayr Fr. AA Miami, Fla./Homeschooled Yoshi Mori Sr. AA Irvine, Calif./Irvine Joey Peters Fr. AA Danville, Pa./Parkland H.S. Austin Phillips Sr. AA Mahwah, N.J./ St. Joseph Regional Cameron Rogers Jr. AA Charlotte, N.C./Butler Nick Sacramento So. SR Libertyville, Ill./Carmel Catholic Cole Smith Jr. PH Santa Rosa, Calif./Cardinal Newman Vince Smurro Sr. FX, VT, PB, HB Manasquan, N.J./William & Mary Jacob Tilsley RS Fr. FX, PH, VT Londonderry, N.H./Souhegan Jordan Valdez Jr. AA Louisville, Colo./Cinco Ranch Alex Varga Jr. FX, VT Glen Ellyn, Ill./Wheaton Academy Mike Wilner So. SR Buffalo Grove, Ill./Stevenson Josh Wilson So. AA Allen, Texas/Allen Head Coach: Justin Spring (4th season) Assistant Coaches: Ivan Ivankov (5th season), Daniel Ribeiro (2nd season) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Luke Stannard (2nd season) 2013 SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT TIME DEC. 9 ORANGE & BLUE EXHIBITION* 2 P.M. Jan. 12 at UIC 5 p.m. Jan. 19 Windy City Invitational (Chicago, Ill.) 7 p.m. Jan. 25 Metroplex Challenge (Dallas, Texas) 7 p.m. Feb. 7-9 U.S. Winter Cup Challenge (Las Vegas, Nev.) TBA FEB. 16 IOWA* (Gym Jam Presented by Fox 55/27) 4 P.M. Feb. 23 at Ohio State 3 p.m. MARCH 2 PENN STATE* 4 P.M. MARCH 8 MINNESOTA ^ 7 P.M. March 16 at California 4 p.m. MARCH 23 NEBRASKA 4 P.M. April 5-6 Big Ten Championships ^ (Minneapolis, Minn.) 7 p.m. April NCAA Championships (State College, Pa.) TBA All times Central and subject to change All home meets in BOLD CAPS and held at Huff Hall ^ Indicates meet will air on Big Ten Network * Co-ed meet with Illinois women s gymnastics team Pronunciation Guide Ivan Ivankov...ee-VAHN ee-vahn-cough C.J. Maestas mai-EH-stuhs Andrew Margolis... mar-go-lis Daniel Ribeiro... rih-bear-oh 2013 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 2

3 COACHING STAFF JUSTIN SPRING HEAD COACH // FOURTH SEASON Justin Spring enters his fourth season at the helm and seventh season overall with the Illinois men s gymnastics program. Spring was named National Coach of the Year after leading the Illini to their 10th NCAA title and first since 1989, becoming the youngest coach to garner the accolade in NCAA history at age 28. He also notched his third straight Big Ten Coach of the Year honor after guiding Illinois to its fourth straight Big Ten crown. Under his leadership, the 2012 Illini knocked off top-ranked Oklahoma three times throughout the season, compiling a 28-2 mark overall, and produced two NCAA event champions, 11 All-America accolades among seven individuals, three Big Ten titles between two gymnasts, two All-Big Ten honorees and their fourth-ever Nissen-Emery Award winner, senior Paul Ruggeri. Additionally, freshman C.J. Maestas earned Big Ten Gymnast and Freshman of the Year. In , Spring guided the Illini to a 28-5 overall record, their third straight Big Ten title and a third-place finish at the NCAA Championships. Spring s 2011 squad featured four NCAA All-Americans and two NCAA champions. After a successful 2011 campaign, he was named Central Region Coach of the Year and Big Ten Coach of the Year for the second straight season. Following the season, Spring was named head coach for the Illinois men s gymnastics program after spending one year as an associate head coach. In one season as associate head coach, Spring led Illinois to its second straight Big Ten team title and a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships. Individually, five Illini earned All-America accolades; three took home Big Ten titles, and Luke Stannard became just the third Illini to win the prestigious Nissen-Emery Award, which is presented annually to the nation s top senior male gymnast. Additionally, Spring helped guide Illinois to a 22-5 overall record and the top spot in the rankings on four separate occasions and never dropped out of the top five. For his efforts, Spring was honored as both Central Region Coach of the Year and Big Ten Coach of the Year. Spring was promoted to associate head coach following the 2009 season after three years as an assistant under the legendary Yoshi Hayasaki. The promotion meant that Spring had to retire from competitive gymnastics to concentrate on coaching full time. In 2009, Spring was named Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year along with Ivan Ivankov after helping Illinois to the Big Ten Championship, a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Championships and three individual NCAA titles. Spring, a former Illini standout, had an amazing year in 2008 that culminated with winning a bronze medal with Team USA at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Along with his teammates, Spring defied all odds as the U.S. men brought home the bronze medal and surprised everyone, except themselves. Spring was spectacular in the team finals in leading the Americans to the improbable bronze. He scored on vault in the second rotation, a team-leading on parallel bars, a spectacular on horizontal bar, along with on floor exercise in the three-up, three-count format. Spring s road to the Olympics was not an easy one to say the least. Plagued by injuries throughout his career, Spring battled through constant pain in hopes of accomplishing his lifelong dream of bringing home an Olympic medal. Less than a year before his Olympic appearance, Spring tore his ACL at the 2007 Visa Championships. However, he did not let the incident hamper his dreams. After making a speedy recovery, the Burke, Va., native headed to the 2008 Olympic Trials, where he was scheduled to compete on only four events due to a nagging ankle injury. However, he knew he needed to do more in order to make the team. He needed to show the Olympic selection committee that he had the complete package they were looking for. With his dream on the line, Spring rolled the dice and made a last minute decision to add floor exercise to his competition events. Despite not practicing on the event in nearly two months, the gutsy move paid off as he posted a score of , the second highest score of the night. After a second strong day of competition at the Olympic Trials, all Spring could do was wait. The Olympic team would be announced the next day. In the end, the decision to add floor proved to have a huge payoff, as Spring s name was one of the six announced to the team. Spring, one of the most talented gymnasts in Illinois history, finished his collegiate career in In his first season as an assistant in 2007, Spring was instrumental in helping the Illini return to the NCAA Championships Super Six, as the Illini extended their streak of top-five finishes to five straight years with fifth-place finishes at NCAAs and Big Tens. In 2008, Spring helped lead the Illini to a runner-up finish behind No. 1 Penn State at the Big Ten Championships. At the 2008 NCAA Championships, the Illini continued their success, finishing third, their sixth consecutive top-five finish. The Illini brought home nine All-America honors with freshman Paul Ruggeri winning the national title on high bar, Illinois first high bar champion since Spring in Finishing his collegiate career in 2006, Spring strung together one of the best seasons in Illinois gymnastics history. The season culminated with him earning the 2006 Nissen-Emery Award, an honor that goes to the top senior male gymnast in the nation. A double titlist at the 2006 NCAAs, Spring took home the crown on the high bar and defended his title on parallel bars. In addition, he carded five total All- America honors with a second-place finish in the all-around, third on floor exercise and fourth on vault. Along with his individual honors, Spring helped the Illini to runner-up finishes at the 2006 NCAA and Big Ten Championships. The finish at NCAAs came less than a half-a-point shy of team-champion Oklahoma, and just short of the Orange and Blue s 10th national title. Overall, the Burke, Va., native is a four-time NCAA Champion, winning a pair of titles on high bar in both 2004 and 2006 and back-to-back crowns on parallel bars in 2005 and Along with his national recognition, Spring earned 2006 Big Ten Gymnast of the Year accolades after winning the all-around crown at Big Ten Championships. In all, Spring finished his illustrious career with three All-Big Ten first team honors, six Big Ten Gymnast of the Week laurels and three Inside Gymnastics NCAA Gymnast of the Week honors ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 3

4 COACHING STAFF THE SPRING FILE EDUCATION High School: Lake Braddock (Lake Braddock, Va.) College: University of Illinois ( ) COLLEGIATE CAREER 2006 Nissen-Emery Award winner 2006 NCAA Parallel Bars Champion 2006 NCAA High Bar Co-Champion 2006 Big Ten Gymnast of the Year 2006 Big Ten Parallel Bars Champion 2006 Big Ten All-Around Champion 2005 U.S. National High Bar Champion 2005 NCAA Parallel Bars Champion 2004 NCAA High Bar Champion 2004 Big Ten Floor Exercise Champion 12-time All-American Three-time All-Big Ten Team Member Six-time Big Ten Gymnast of the Week Three-time Inside Gymnastics NCAA Gymnast of the Week Two-time UI Dike Eddleman Athlete of the Year (2004, 2006) Illinois School Record Holder (FX, VT, PB, HB) Two-Year Team Captain During his four-year career, Spring garnered three Big Ten Championships with titles on parallel bars and in the all-around in 2006 and on the floor exercise in Spring is a two-time recipient of the Dike Eddleman Athlete of the Year award (2004, 2006), which goes to Illinois top male and female athlete. A face and name that will forever be remembered in Illini record books, Spring left the Fighting Illini a 13-time All-American. Spring s success has extended far beyond his honors in collegiate competition, as he won the national title on parallel bars at the 2008 Visa Championships, his third overall honor. In 2005, Spring became the first Illini gymnast to win a National Title at the Visa Championships, winning the gold on high bar. With his two-day combined high bar score of , Spring took home the title on the event. He competed at the 2007 World Cup meet in Moscow, taking home second on high bar at the event. The Illini great was chosen to the 2007 U.S. Pan American Games team, bringing home the United States first gold medal at the games in 16 years when he claimed the crown on parallel bars. He also helped lead the U.S. team to a bronze medal finish at the Games hosted in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Spring then followed the performance with a stellar outing at the 2007 Visa Championships, where he collected his second U.S. title on high bar - first since and was a silver medalist on floor exercise. Spring is a five-time U.S. Senior National Team member after his fifth straight selection in Spring also represented the U.S. at the 2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Melbourne, Australia, on floor exercise, parallel bars and high bar. At the 2005 World Championships, Spring finished 10th to qualify as a reserve on high bar and finished 12th on parallel bars. At the 2005 American Cup, Spring scored a on high bar and brought home the silver medal behind only Olympic champion Paul Hamm. The Illini gymnast finished fourth on the high bar at the 2004 Visa U.S. Championships and competed for Team USA at the 2003 World University Games in Daegu, South Korea, advancing to the finals on floor. Spring graduated from the University of Illinois in 2006 with a bachelor s degree in speech communication and is currently pursuing his master s in recreation, sport and tourism. Spring and his wife, Tori, and son, Cody, reside in Champaign, Ill. INTERNATIONAL CAREER 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist - Team 2008 Visa U.S. Championships Gold Medalist - Parallel Bars Five-time U.S. Senior National Team Member 2007 Pan American Games Team Member - Bronze Medal 2007 Pan American Gold Medalist - Parallel Bars 2007 Visa U.S. Championships Gold Medalist - High Bar 2007 Visa U.S. Championships Silver Medalist - Floor Exercise 2007 Moscow World Cup Silver Medalist - High Bar 2005 World Championships U.S. Team Member 2005 Visa U.S. Championships Gold Medalist - High Bar 2005 Winter Cup Champion - High Bar 2005 American Cup Silver Medalist - High Bar 2003 World University Games Team Member COACHING EXPERIENCE 2010-present: Head Coach, University of Illinois : Associate Head Coach, University of Illinois 2012 National Coach of the Year 2012 Big Ten Coach of the Year 2011 Central Region Coach of the Year 2011 Big Ten Coach of the Year 2010 Central Region Coach of the Year 2010 Big Ten Coach of the Year : Assistant Coach, University of Illinois 2009 Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year 2013 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 4

5 COACHING STAFF IVAN IVANKOV ASSISTANT COACH // FIFTH SEASON In 2012, Ivankov was named National Assistant Coach of the Year for the first time in his career and Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year for the fourth straight year after helping Illinois to its first national title since 1989 and fourth consecutive Big Ten title. In 2011, Ivankov helped Illinois to its third straight Big Ten title and a third-place finish at NCAAs, where four Illini earned All-America status and two were crowned champion on individual events. For his efforts, he garnered his third straight Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year honor. In 2010, he earned his second Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year accolade for his role in helping the Illini to an 11-1 regular season mark and a second consecutive Big Ten title. Following his stint as a visiting assistant in 2009, he was promoted to assistant coach after helping Illinois to a Big Ten title, fifth-place finish at NCAAs and three individual NCAA crowns to earn Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year honors along with Justin Spring. The 1994 and 1997 World All-Around Champion and two-time Olympian, Ivankov spent five years as a men s team coach at the Bart Connor Gymnastics Academy in Norman, Okla. During his time there he was coach to Rohan Sebastian, a Level 10 gymnast representing Ireland at the 2007 Junior European championships in Lausanne, Switzerland. One of the most decorated gymnasts in the world, Ivankov won 10 World Championship medals, including three gold. The Misk, Belarus, native competed at the 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens Olympics. He retired from international competition in 2006 after competing at the World Championships. Ivankov achieved the highest athletic level Master of Sport in his native land. DANIEL RIBEIRO ASSISTANT COACH // SECOND SEASON Daniel Ribeiro was named 2012 National Assistant Coach of the Year and Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year in his first season as an assistant coach for the Illini after leading them to their first national title since 1989 and fourth straight Big Ten championship. As a member of the Fighting Illini men s gymnastics team from , Ribeiro won two NCAA titles on pommel horse (2009, 2011) and was a three-time captain, starting his sophomore year. The Chestnut Ridge, N.Y., native is also a three-time Big Ten pommel horse champion, taking the conference crown in his freshman (2008), junior (2010) and senior (2011) seasons while earning first-team All-Big Ten accolades in each of those years as well. Ribeiro s success was not limited to the collegiate stage, however, as the former All-American captured pommel horse gold at the 2010 U.S. Visa Championships between his junior and senior seasons. Ribeiro also garnered academic honors during his time at Illinois, earning a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten list in 2010 and 2011 and achieving College Gymnastics Association All-America Scholar-Athlete status in THE IVANKOV FILE COACHING EXPERIENCE 2009-present: Assistant Coach, University of Illinois 2012 National Assistant Coach of the Year 2012 Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year 2011 Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year 2010 Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year 2009 Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy, COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS 2004, Olympic Games, Athens, Greece - Parallel Bars, 4th 2004, European Championships - Team, 3rd 2003, European Championships - Team, 2nd 2002, World Artistic Gymnastics Championships - High bar, 2nd 2001, World Artistic Gymnastics Championships - Team, 1st; All-Around, 2nd; Parallel Bars, 3rd 2000, Olympic Games, Sydney, Australia - All-Around, 4th; Parallel Bars, 5th; Rings, 5th 1998, Goodwill Games - All-Around, 1st 1997, World Artistic Gymnastics Championships - All-Around, 1st; Team, 2nd; Still Rings, 3rd 1996, European Championships - All-Around, 1st 1994, World Artistic Gymnastics Championships - All-Around, 1st; High Bar, 3rd 1994, European Championships - Team 1st; All-Around, 1st 1993, World Artistic Gymnastics Championships - Still Rings, 3rd THE RIBEIRO FILE COACHING EXPERIENCE 2011-present: Assistant Coach, University of Illinois 2012 National Assistant Coach of the Year 2012 Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year COLLEGIATE CAREER 2011 NCAA Pommel Horse Champion 2011 Big Ten Pommel Horse Champion 2010 Big Ten Pommel Horse Champion 2009 NCAA Pommel Horse Champion 2008 Big Ten Pommel Horse Champion Three-time All-American Three-time All-Big Ten Team Member Two-time Big Ten Gymnast of the Week INTERNATIONAL CAREER 2010 U.S. Visa Championships Gold Medalist - Pommel Horse U.S. Winter Cup (6th on Pommel Horse, 2010) 2009 Alternate for U.S. World Gymnastics Team Visa Championships (T-4th on Pommel Horse, T-6th on Floor, 2009) 2007 Junior Olympics National Champion - Pommel Horse 2006 Junior Olympics National Runner-Up - Pommel Horse Junior Olympics Finalist-Top 36 (All-Around, ) 2013 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 5

6 COACHING STAFF LUKE STANNARD VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH // SECOND SEASON Luke Stannard rejoins the team this season as a volunteer assistant coach after a oneyear hiatus from the program. Stannard served as one of the assistant coaches for Illinois men s gymnastics in after completing a stellar collegiate career as an Illini from Stannard became the third Illini to win the prestigious Nissen-Emery Award, presented annually to the nation s top senior male gymnast. As a senior, he also earned his first career All-America honor on pommel horse and set new career highs on all five events on which he competed. In 2009, Stannard garnered All-Big Ten accolades after winning his first conference title on pommel horse and followed that up with a gold-medal finish on pommel horse at the U.S. Visa Championships. Outside the gym, Stannard excelled as a student, becoming a three-time CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-Big Ten honoree. THE STANNARD FILE COACHING EXPERIENCE 2012-present: Volunteer Assistant Coach, University of Illinois : Assistant Coach, University of Illinois COLLEGIATE CAREER 2010 Nissen-Emery Award Winner 2010 All-American (Pommel Horse) 2010 Visa Championships Gold Medalist (Pommel Horse) 2009 Big Ten Champion (Pommel Horse) 2009 All-Big Ten Three-time Academic All-Big Ten Three-time CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete Fighting Illini Male Spirit Award Winner (2010) Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2010) Team Captain In his senior season, the Waukegan, Ill., native also received Big Ten Distinguished Scholar recognition and the Fighting Illini Male Spirit Award. SUPPORT STAFF Tom Michael Senior Associate Athletics Director Mary Gallagher Office Manager Anthony Binion Academic Counselor Kali Hofer Marketing & Promotions Weston Carter Illini Productions 2013 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 6

7 THE FIGHTING ILLINI 2013 SEASON PREVIEW Phillips rounds out the list of returning All-Americans after a solid year during which he advanced to the high bar final at Big Tens and NCAAs and competed regularly on parallel bars and high bar. The other returning scorers from the 2012 NCAA Championships include 2013 senior captain Vince Smurro, who scored on floor, Josh Wilson and Alex Varga on vault, Cole Smith on pommel horse, Mike Wilner on rings and Cameron Rogers on parallel bars. The Illini also boast a list of skilled newcomers, including 2011 junior national parallel bars and rings champion Max Mayr, two-time junior national team member Joey Peters, former Georgia vault and floor state champion Fred Hartville and 2011 Junior Olympic National Championship pommel horse bronze medalist Logan Bradley. They, along with redshirt freshman Jacob Tilsley, who spent 2012 on the sidelines due to injury, will look to make an immediate impact for the Orange and Blue. Seniors (L-R): Austin Phillips, Vince Smurro, Malcolm Brown, Yoshi Mori The reigning national champion Fighting Illini men s gymnastics team will open the season ranked first in the country as the squad begins its quest to defend its NCAA title and secure its fifth straight Big Ten crown. Head coach Justin Spring returns for his fourth season at the helm after garnering National Coach of the Year honors for the first time in his career and Big Ten Coach of the Year recognition for the third consecutive season. He and his assistants, 2012 National and Central Region Assistant Coaches of the Year Ivan Ivankov and Daniel Ribeiro, will look to guide the Orange and Blue to another historic season. This year is going to be unique in that, beginning in March, the format will change to a five-up, five-count system, Spring said. I think we have the potential to step up in that format, rise to the occasion at Big Tens and the NCAA Championships and make another run at a very good season. Our team is not going to be throwing up the highest start values at every meet, but we will make sure to be the most consistent team all year. That can go a long way in the postseason when the pressure is on. The Illini return four of seven All-Americans from last year s championship squad, including seniors Yoshi Mori (AA, PH) and Austin Phillips (HB) and juniors Chad Mason (PH) and Jordan Valdez (HB). The squad also will feature 10 of the 15 gymnasts who contributed countable scores during team finals at the 2012 NCAA Championships. Together, those 10 athletes were responsible for 15 of the 24 scores counted by the Orange and Blue. Senior Malcolm Brown, junior Andrew Margolis and sophomore Nick Sacramento will look to crack the lineups on various events throughout the season as well. Maestas, a three-time All-American and four-time U.S. senior national team member, will miss the 2013 season due to a tricep injury sustained during practice. In his first season at Illinois, the Corrales, N.M., native won the conference all-around crown to earn Big Ten Gymnast and Freshman of the Year honors before capturing the NCAA title on rings, securing a runner-up finish in the all-around at NCAAs and earning All-America status on rings, pommel horse and in the all-around Illini Event Breakdown Floor Exercise Although the Orange and Blue said goodbye to two-time Big Ten floor champion Paul Ruggeri along with C.J. Padera, who contributed one of Illinois four countable scores during NCAA Team Finals last season, the Illini return two of their four floor scorers from the 2012 NCAA championship team, including Smurro and Mori. Fellow floor veteran Varga will look to be a major contributor as well. Wilson, Rogers and newcomer Hartville will compete for spots in the lineup and look to solidify the floor squad. Pommel Horse Three of the four gymnasts who contributed to the Illini s all-time highest pommel horse score return for another season after helping Illinois overcome a two-point deficit going into the final two rotations during NCAA Team Finals to win the 2012 crown. All-Americans Mori and Mason will look Mori will look to be a major contributor throughout The pommel horse and all-around All-American competed in the pommel horse final at both Big Tens and NCAAs and was consistent throughout team finals at the NCAA Championships, turning in countable scores on all five apparatuses on which he competed. Valdez, an All-American on high bar and one of two 2013 team captains, has been a solid performer throughout his Illini career, contributing regularly on high bar, parallel bars and vault. The Louisville, Colo., native advanced to the high bar final at Big Tens and NCAAs, finishing third and fifth in those competitions. Mason returns after a breakout performance at the 2012 NCAA Championships, where he finished first on pommel horse during prelims and fourth during team finals. The 2012 All-American was instrumental in Illinois comeback during the team competition, leading the pommel horse squad to a school record-breaking performance that helped erase a more than two-point deficit to claim the national crown. Juniors L-R: Jordan Valdez, Alex Varga, Cole Smith, Chad Mason, Andrew Margolis, Cameron Rogers 2013 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 7

8 THE FIGHTING ILLINI to lead the charge along with fellow 2012 NCAA finalist Smith and Rogers. Pommel horse specialist Brown, incoming freshman and pommel ace Bradley and redshirt freshman Tilsley will look to contribute as well. Still Rings Without the return of Maestas, Wilner, who also contributed a countable score during NCAA Team finals, will look to step up to the challenge and fill the role of anchoring a fairly inexperienced rings squad after the Illini bid farewell to three-time rings All-American Anthony Sacramento and Kyle Moe, a consistent 15.0 performer. With three major holes in the lineup, Rogers, Phillips, Margolis and newcomers Mayr and Peters will look rise to the occasion and return the Illini to rings success. Vault The Illini lost 2012 NCAA vault champion Ruggeri, who also is a two-time All-American and Big Ten champion on this apparatus. Despite the loss of a world-class vaulter and Maestas, the squad returns everyone else who competed on vault at NCAAs and will welcome incoming vault star Fred Hartville, who will look to make a dramatic impact as anchor on this event in his first year with the Orange and Blue. The lineup will also feature veterans Mori and Varga and could include Tilsley, Rogers and Wilson. Parallel Bars Despite losing Ruggeri, a former NCAA champion and two-time All- American on this event, and Padera, a one-time Big Ten champion and All-American, Illinois boasts talent on parallel bars, led by veterans Phillips and Mori. Additionally, Valdez made significant upgrades to his routine from last season, and Peters and Mayr look to shine in their first year with the Illini. High Bar The Illini took the biggest hit on high bar this season with the loss of Ruggeri, the 2011 Pan American Games high bar champion, 2009 U.S. high bar champion, two-time NCAA high bar champion and two-time high bar All-American. Ruggeri boasts the all-time highest score at Illinois on this apparatus and ranks second in all-time high bar titles. Despite his accolades, Ruggeri fell on this event during NCAA Team Finals last season, posting an uncounted score for the Illini. Maestas, another solid high bar performer, fell during NCAA Team Finals as well and did not contribute to the team score. Returning All-Americans Valdez and Phillips, fellow NCAA scorer Mori and newcomer Peters will look to compensate for the loss of two talented high bar stars. Schedule Freshmen L-R: Jacob Tilsley, Joey Peters, Logan Bradley, Fred Hartville, Max Mayr The Illini will debut their skills at their Orange & Blue Exhibition on Dec. 9 at Huff Hall alongside the women s team. The defending national champs will kick off the regular season with a dual meet on Jan. 12 at UIC and will return to Chicago the following weekend (Jan. 19) for the annual Windy City Invitational, where they placed second out of six last season. The Orange and Blue will continue with invitational-style competition on Jan. 25 at the Metroplex Challenge in Dallas. After a nearly two-week hiatus, select Illini will return to action to compete for U.S. national titles and spots on the senior national team at the U.S. Winter Cup Challenge, Feb. 7-9 in Las Vegas. The Orange and Blue will open their home slate with a dual meet against Iowa, welcoming the Hawkeyes to Huff Hall on Feb. 16 for Gym Jam, which will be held in conjunction with the women s squad and will feature special promotions and events. The next weekend (Feb. 23), the Illini will travel to Ohio State to face the Buckeyes before taking a two-week break in the schedule. The Illini will host Penn State on March 2. The following weekend, Illinois will welcome Minnesota for a special match-play event, which will be an NCAA-sanctioned competition, aired on Big Ten Network and is the brainchild of Spring and Ribeiro. We re trying to create a fan-friendly, media-friendly gymnastics competition format that allows you to follow the progression of the competition, Spring said. In order to do that, we re kind of getting rid of the athletes competing against the judges and making it more about the athletes competing against the athletes of other teams, like most sporting events. It s a head-to-head format, where both teams are on the same event. There is strategy involved, and it really brings out the traditional American sporting elements that we ve come to love from football, basketball and baseball and brings them into the gymnastics world. I think people are really going to like it. The Illini travel to California the next weekend (March 16) before returning home on March 23 for Senior Day against Nebraska. Illinois will look to notch its fifth straight conference crown at the Big Ten Championships, April 5-6 in Minneapolis. Less than two weeks later, the Illini will travel to State College, Pa., where they will look to defend their national title at the NCAA Championships, which will take place April on Penn State s campus. Sophomores L-R: Mike Wilner, Josh Wilson, Nick Sacramento, C.J. Maestas 2013 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 8

9 THE FIGHTING ILLINI *All career vault & all-around scores prior to 2012 adjusted to reflect 2012 vault scoring change. MALCOLM BROWN SENIOR // 5-8 // 155 CHICAGO, ILL. WALTER PAYTON COLLEGE PREP POMMEL HORSE BROWN S CAREER HIGHS Pommel Horse: vs. Ohio State, 3/2/12 Vault: at UIC w/ Air Force/Stanford, 3/4/ Competed in five meets on pommel horse, recording a career-best against Ohio State Made lone appearance of the season at the UIC quad meet, recording a in collegiate debut on vault Competed in two meets on pommel horse Scored a in his collegiate debut at UIC on Feb. 28 Posted a score of the following weekend at Iowa. Graduate of Walter Payton College Prep... Coached by Arkadi Andreushenko... Competed at regionals in Participated at the Junior Olympics Nationals in 2005 and Born Malcolm Clayton Brown on April 22, Son of Tony Brown and Delores Wheeler... Hobbies include gymnastics, photography and biking... Biggest thrill in sports is the adrenaline rush from big skills on floor or hitting a nice set on horse... Favorite athlete is former Illini gymnast Ted Brown because he is a great example of a gymnast who really appreciated the sport and exemplified determination and a fiery will to continue despite life-changing circumstances... Honor roll student. YOSHI MORI SENIOR // 5-6 // 122 IRVINE, CALIF. IRVINE HIGH SCHOOL ALL-AROUND 2012 Earned All-America accolades in the all-around and on pommel horse at NCAA Championships... Won four titles on the season, including the all-around and floor against UIC and pommel horse against Ohio State and at Iowa... Tied for first on the team with highest pommel horse score of the season, securing a against Ohio State... Recorded 16 top-five finishes... Advanced to NCAA and Big Ten pommel horse final... Finished fifth on pommel horse at NCAAs... Received Fighting Illini Attitude Award at team s award banquet... Academic All- Big Ten Recorded 15 top-five finishes... Won on vault and matched his career-best score of against Iowa... Also set new career highs on floor and parallel bars... Academic All-Big Ten Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Year In his collegiate debut, won his first-career event title on vault (15.900) at the Windy City Invitational on Jan. 16 Won five individual titles on the year Posted 12 top-three finishes Four-time Big MORI S CAREER HIGHS Floor Exercise: at NCAA Team Finals, 4/20/12 Pommel Horse: vs. Ohio State, 3/2/12 Still Rings: at Ohio State, 1/30/10 Vault: at Windy City, 1/14/12 Parallel Bars: x, last at NCAA Team Finals, 4/20/12 High Bar: at Ohio State, 1/30/10 All-Around: at NCAA Team Finals, 4/20/12 MORI S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS NCAA All-American (All-Around; Pommel Horse, 2012) Academic All-Big Ten (2012) Academic All-Big Ten (2011) Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Year (2010) Fighting Illini Male Newcomer of the Year Finalist (2010) Ten Freshman of the Week Fighting Illini Male Newcomer of the Year finalist... CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete. Graduate of Irvine High School... Coached by Guonian Wu... Member of the U.S. Junior National team from Has made the all-star team at every level he has competed in... Team won the 2009 state championship... Club team, New Hope Gymnastics, won the Iron Man Championships in 2006 and Born Masayoshi Mori on December 14, Son of Tetsuya and Tomoko Mori... Hobbies include soccer and tennis... Biggest thrill in sports is fighting for the gold... Favorite athlete is Kohei Uchimura from Japan, because he displays the most beautiful, phenomenal performances... Lists Bryan del Castillo as the most influential on his athletic career, because he has won many national titles and knows that he is good, but never shows it and always keeps his cool... Has two older siblings, Ayumi, who competed on the women s gymnastics team at Cal State Fullerton, and Shohei ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 9

10 THE FIGHTING ILLINI AUSTIN PHILLIPS SENIOR // 5-4 // 145 MAHWAH, N.J. ST. JOSEPH REGIONAL ALL-AROUND PHILLIPS CAREER HIGHS Floor Exercise: vs. Iowa, 2/28/09 Pommel Horse: vs. Penn State, 2/14/09 Still Rings: vs. Iowa, 1/29/11 Vault: vs. Penn State, 2/14/09 Parallel Bars: vs. Ohio State, 3/2/12 High Bar: last vs. UIC, 3/26/11 All-Around: vs. Ohio State, 1/24/09 PHILLIPS CAREER HIGHLIGHTS NCAA All-American (High Bar, 2012) Visa Championships (13th on High Bar, 2011) New Jersey State Champion (All-Around, ) Regional Champion (All-Around, 2008) Junior Olympics National Championships (11th in All-Around, 2008) 2012 Earned All-America honors on high bar at NCAA Championships after advancing to event finals... Advanced to Big Ten Championships high bar final... Placed first on parallel bars against Ohio State and on high bar at Iowa... Posted 15 top-five finishes... Replaced his career high on parallel bars in meet against Ohio State Competed in 11 meets after missing all of the 2010 season with a knee injury... Won event titles on rings and high bar against UIC... Recorded eight top-five finishes... Set new career highs on rings, parallel bars and high bar... Earned his first-career Big Ten Gymnast of the Week honor for the week of March Voted Most Improved and a team captain by his teammates... Finished 13th on high bar (28.400) at the 2011 Visa Championships in August Sat out season as a redshirt due to injury Competed in the all-around in four meets... Scored on the high bar for second-place finishes against Iowa and Minnesota... Finished in third place twice in the all-around versus Ohio State and Penn State... Missed the Big Ten Championships due to injury. At the 2008 Junior Olympic National Championships, finished 11th place in the All-Around... Graduate of St. Joseph Regional High School... Three-time New Jersey state champion... Regional champion in the all-around. Born Austin Phillips on April 10, Son of Austin and Gidget Phillips... Hobbies include listening to music and playing soccer... Favorite athlete is Nikolai Kryukov because he s very technically, original, and graceful... Names his parents as most influential in his career because of their encouragement to strive for his best. VINCE SMURRO SENIOR // 6-0 // 165 MANASQUAN, N.J. WILLIAM & MARY FLOOR, VAULT, PARALLEL BARS, HIGH BAR 2012 Competed in 11 meets in debut season for the Illini, performing on floor in all 11 competitions and five times each on parallel bars and high bar... Posted five topfive finishes... Placed second on floor against UIC and Iowa and on parallel bars at Iowa... CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete... Chosen as one of two 2013 team captains by his teammates. WILLIAM & MARY Two-year letterwinner at William & Mary... Third all-time on floor, eighth all-time on high bar, ninth all-time on parallel bars. HIGH SCHOOL Graduate of Christian Brothers Academy... Lettered in soccer. SMURRO S CAREER HIGHS Floor Exercise: at NCAA Team Finals, 4/20/12 Pommel Horse: at Navy Open, 1/23/10 Parallel Bars: at Iowa, 3/17/12 High Bar: at Temple, 2/18/2011 Vault: at USAG Collegiate Championships, 3/25/11 SMURRO S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2012) USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships (All-American, Silver Medalist on HB, 2010) Third All-Time for William and Mary on FX Eighth All-Time for William and Mary on HB Ninth All-Time for William and Mary on PB Born Vincent Andrew Smurro on Jan. 17, Son of Vito and Frances Smurro... Has three siblings, Gina, Vito and Francesca... Brother, Vito, and sister, Francesca, play soccer at St. Joseph s... Hobbies include basketball and card games... Lists favorite athlete as soccer star Lionel Messi... Hopes to attend medical school ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 10

11 THE FIGHTING ILLINI ANDREW MARGOLIS JUNIOR // 5-6 // 156 SOLON, OHIO SOLON STILL RINGS MARGOLIS CAREER HIGHS Still Rings: at NCAA Team Finals, 4/15/11 MARGOLIS CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 18th World Maccabiah Games (2009) Five-time USAG JO National Qualifier ( , ) Two-time USAG JO National Event Semifinalist ( ) Three-time USAG State Champion (Still Rings, , 2010) 2012 Competed in three meets on rings, finishing fourth in that event against UIC Competed in nine meets on rings... Set a career high on the event at the NCAA team finals with a Placed third with a against UIC. Graduate of Solon High School... Competed for Team USA at the th World Maccabiah Games... Five-time USAG Junior Olympic national qualifier... Two-time USAG JO National event semifinalist... Three-time USAG state champion on rings. Born Andrew David Margolis on Nov. 22, Son of Jeffrey and Robyn Margolis... Has one older sister, Erin... Majoring in mechanical engineering... Hobbies include sports, especially football... Past summer job includes working as a recreation camp counselor... Lists Jim Brown as his favorite athlete because he is one of the greatest running backs of all time and played for the Cleveland Browns... Names his parents as most influencing his athletic career because they were always supportive of everything I did or wanted to do, no matter what... Would like to design roller coasters as a mechanical engineer at a major roller coaster manufacturing company. CHAD MASON JUNIOR // 5-8 // 140 LAKE BALBOA, CALIF. HOMESCHOOLED ALL-AROUND MASON CAREER HIGHS Pommel Horse: vs. NCAA Team Finals, 4/20/12 MASON S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS NCAA All-American (Pommel Horse, 2012) Competed in seven Junior Olympics National Championships Five-time event finalist at JO Nationals (Pommel Horse) 2012 Earned NCAA All-America status on pommel horse... Competed in nine meets on that event, including NCAA and Big Ten event finals... Captured three top-five finishes... Set a new career best on pommel horse during NCAA Team Finals, helping the Illini post a two-point comeback to take the national title... Won the pommel horse title during NCAA prelims Competed in 11 meets on pommel horse... Won his first career event title on pommel horse with a career-high score of against Penn State. Seven-time qualifier to Junior Olympics National Championships... Five-time event finalist on pommel horse at JO National Championships... Won numerous state and regional championships in the all-around. Born Chad Thomas Mason on March 23, Son of Tom and Lisa Mason... Has one older sister, Katie... Enrolled in general curriculum... Hobbies include working as a part-time ice curler, surfing, wakeboarding, motocross and snowboarding... Past summer job includes working as a stuntman... Biggest thrill in sports is learning a new skill... Lists Justin Spring as his favorite athlete because he is very motivating... Names his parents as most influencing his athletic career because they drove me to the gym everyday for 14 years and were always there for me... Would like to open a stunt school after graduation ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 11

12 THE FIGHTING ILLINI CAMERON ROGERS JUNIOR // 5-5 // 150 CHARLOTTE, N.C. BUTLER HIGH SCHOOL ALL-AROUND ROGERS CAREER HIGHS Floor Exercise: at NCAA Session II Qualifier, 4/19/12 Pommel Horse: at NCAA Team Finals, 4/20/12 Still Rings: vs. Ohio State, 3/2/12 Vault: last at NCAA Team Finals, 4/20/12 Parallel Bars: last at Nebraska w/ Minnesota, 3/11/12 High Bar: at Michigan, 2/12/11 All-Around: at Michigan, 2/12/11 ROGERS CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Academic All-Big Ten (2012) Junior Visa Championships Gold Medalist (All-Around, Rings, Parallel Bars, 2009) Junior Visa Championships Silver Medalist (Floor, 2009) Junior Visa Championships (4th-Pommel Horse, 5th-All-Around, 2008) Three-time U.S. Junior National Team Member ( ) Competed in five Junior Olympics National Championships ( , ) 2012 Competed in 10 meets, seeing action on every apparatus except high bar... Replaced or matched his career highs on each of those five events... Competed during NCAA Team Finals, helping the Illini to the national title... Posted six top-five finishes, including a second-place finish on rings against Ohio State... Academic All-Big Ten Competed in 11 meets... Recorded five top-five finishes, including four on parallel bars... Saw action on all six events... Set career highs on pommel horse, rings and parallel bars at the NCAA qualifying session. Graduate of David W. Butler High School... Placed first in the all-around, rings and parallel bars and second on floor in the junior division of the 2009 Visa Championships... Placed fourth on pommel horse and fifth in the all-around in the junior division of the 2008 Visa Championships... Three-time U.S. Junior National team member... Finished in the top 15 in the all-around four times at Junior Olympics Nationals... Club team, Zenith Gymnastics, has won seven Junior Olympics national championships. Born Cameron Daniel Rogers on April 13, Son of Danny and Maria Rogers... Has one younger sister, Micah... Majoring in bioengineering... Hobbies include wakeboarding, swimming, water skiing and tennis... Biggest thrill in sports is competing in an important competition... Lists his dad as the most influential in his athletic career because he has always encouraged him and believed in his success... Member of the National Honor Society and National French Honor Society National Merit Scholarship recipient School Citizenship Award winner... Received 2008 Sewanee Award for Excellence in Writing... Plans on attending grad school after graduation. COLE SMITH JUNIOR // 5-10 // 145 SANTA ROSA, CALIF. CARDINAL NEWMAN HIGH SCHOOL FLOOR, POMMEL HORSE, VAULT SMITH S CAREER HIGHS Pommel Horse: at NCAA Team Finals, 4/20/12 SMITH S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Academic All-Big Ten (2012) Northern California State Championships (1st in All-Around, 2008) Northern California All-Star Team Level 9 Gymnastics Regional Championships (3rd-Team, 4th-Pommel Horse, 2008) Four-time USMAG First-Team Academic All-American ( ) 2012 Garnered Most Improved honors at team awards banquet... Shattered his career high on pommel horse by seven tenths of a point (15.250) to help the Illini post a two-point comeback to win the NCAA team title... Finished fifth on pommel horse during NCAA Team finals to advance to the NCAA Individual Event Finals, where he placed ninth. Competed in eight meets on pommel horse... Academic All-Big Ten Competed in nine meets on pommel horse... Recorded a season-high score of at the quad meet at UIC. Graduate of Cardinal Newman High School... Placed first in the all-around at the 2008 Northern California State Championships... Northern California All-Star Team Level 9 Gymnastics... All-star team came in third at the 2008 regional championships... Placed fourth at the regional championships on pommel horse... Earned the Coaches Award in 2007 from his club team, Redwood Empire Gymnastics... Four-time USMAG first-team Academic All-American... John Henry Cardinal Newman Christian Gentleman Award recipient... Earned Cardinal Newman first honors for overall academics in 2009 and Received 2010 Cardinal Newman honor medal... Garnered the Bank of America Achievement Award for theology in Born Cole Stevenson Smith on January 11, Son of Clifford and Sandy Smith... Has one younger sister, Sydney... Majoring in psychology... Hobbies include golfing, playing basketball and football and hanging out with friends... Lists his biggest thrill in sports as making a skill for the first time after numerous attempts at trying to make it... Favorite athlete is Xiao Qin because I looked up to him every time I saw his pommel horse performance at the Olympics and I was always amazed... Names club teammate Aj Schottstaedt as the most influential on his athletic career because we always challenged each other on pommel horse and were very competitive with everything we did... Plans to go to a police academy after graduation and become a police officer and later pursue other fields of law enforcement ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 12

13 THE FIGHTING ILLINI JORDAN VALDEZ JUNIOR // 5-6 // 137 LOUISVILLE, COLO. CINCO RANCH HIGH SCHOOL ALL-AROUND 2012 Earned All-America status on high bar at NCAA Championships with a fifth-place finish during event finals... Finished third on high bar during Big Ten Individual Event Finals... Captured three titles, one on high bar against UIC and two on parallel bars against UIC and at Big Ten Team Finals... Posted 11 top-five finishes... Competed in 13 meets, including Big Ten and NCAA event finals... CGA All- America Scholar-Athlete... Academic All-Big Ten... Chosen by teammates as one of two captains for 2013 season... Replaced his career highs on vault, parallel bars and high bar Competed in every meet, primarily on parallel bars and high bar... Recorded 19 top-five finishes and individual titles on high bar and all-around... Reached the individual event finals on parallel bars and high bar at the Big Ten Championships... Earned the team s Fighting Illini Attitude Award... Illinois Newcomer of the Year finalist... Garnered Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors for the week of Jan Big Ten Sportsmanship honoree. Graduate of Cinco Ranch High School... Two-time U.S. Junior National team member... Gold medalist on parallel bars at 2010 Junior Visa Championships... Also placed third on pommel horse and fourth in the all-around and on floor exercise at 2010 Visas... Placed fourth on parallel bars at 2010 Junior Olympics National VALDEZ S CAREER HIGHS Floor Exercise: at Michigan, 2/12/11 Pommel Horse: at Michigan, 2/12/11 Still Rings: at Windy City Invitational, 1/15/11 Vault: vs. Ohio State, 3/2/12 Parallel Bars: at Iowa, 3/17/12 High Bar: vs. UIC, 2/11/12 All-Around: at Michigan, 2/12/11 VALDEZ S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS All-American (High Bar, 2012) CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2012) Academic All-Big Ten (2012) U.S. Junior National Team Member (2010) Junior Visa Championships Gold Medalist (Parallel Bars, 2010) Junior Visa Championships (3rd-Pommel Horse, 4th-Floor Exercise, All-Around, 2010) Junior Olympics National Championships (4th-Parallel Bars, 2010) U.S. Junior National Team Member (2009) Junior Visa Championships Gold Medalist (High Bar, 2009) Junior Visa Championships (5th-Parallel Bars, 6th-All-Around, 7th-Vault, 2009) National Qualifier (1st-All-Around, 2009) Championships... Gold medalist on high bar at 2009 Junior Visa Championships... Also placed fifth on parallel bars, sixth in the all-around and seventh on vault... Claimed first place in the all-around at the 2009 national qualifier... Was member of Xtreme Altitude Gymnastics ( ) and Champion Gymnastics Academy ( )... Earned 2010 Team Captain award. Born Jordan Crawford Valdez on May 1, Son of John Valdez and Amy Teetzel... Has three siblings, Marc, Ian and Erin... Majoring in kinesiology... Hobbies include watching tv, seeing movies, hanging out with friends, relaxing outside and riding his bike... His biggest thrill in sports is sticking his dismount after a great routine... Favorite athlete is Rob Dyrdek because he is a great skateboarder and I love his show on MTV... Lists his club coach, Rob, as most influencing his athletic career because no matter what mood I was in or how well I felt, he always believed in me and pushed me to become the gymnast I am today... Would possibly like to go to physical therapy or massage therapy school after graduation. ALEX VARGA JUNIOR // 5-7 // 140 GLEN ELLYN, ILL. WHEATON ACADEMY FLOOR, VAULT VARGA S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Floor Exercise: at Oklahoma w/ Penn State, 3/19/11 Vault: at NCAA Team Finals, 4/20/12 VARGA S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2012) Academic All-Big Ten (2012) Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2012) Junior Olympics National Qualifier Junior Olympics National Semifinalist (17th-Vault, 22nd-Floor Exercise) Two-time Region V Bronze Medalist (Vault) Four-time First-Team USAG Academic All-American ( ) 2012 Competed in nine meets... Recorded three top-five finishes, including a win on vault at Iowa... Replaced his career high on vault during NCAA Team Finals... Earned team Scholar-Athlete Award... Fighting Illini Outstanding Scholar-Athlete for highest GPA among sophomore athletes at Illinois... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar... Academic All-Big Ten... CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete Recorded eight top-five finishes... Secured his first career event title on vault with a career-high score against UIC... Earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors for the week of March 28. Graduate of Wheaton Academy... Junior Olympics national qualifier... Junior Olympics national semifinalist on floor exercise (22nd) and vault (17th)... Twotime Region V bronze medalist on vault... Was a member of Aerial Gymnastics Club... Three-year varsity letterwinner and all-conference in soccer... Was captain of the team his senior year... Member of National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society... Four-time first-team USAG Academic All-American AP Scholar and Illinois State Scholar. Born Alex Morgan Varga on May 27, Son of Steven and Barbara Dill-Varga... Majoring in business... Hobbies include playing guitar, soccer, photography, golf and snowboarding... Lists his biggest thrill in sports as hitting on vault in a competition... Favorite athlete is Ronaldinho because he is the definition of Jogo Bonito... Names club coaches Tim O Connell and Rich Larsen as most influencing his athletic career because they never set a limit on what they believed I could do... Illini heroes growing up were current men s gymnastics coach Justin Spring and former men s basketball player Dee Brown... Plans to attend grad school after graduation ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 13

14 THE FIGHTING ILLINI DOUG BLANTON SOPHOMORE // 5-6 // 140 HARVARD, MASS. WORCESTER ACADEMY POMMEL HORSE, STILL RINGS, PARALLEL BARS, HIGH BAR Graduate of Worcester Academy... Trained at Sterling Academy of Gymnastics... Qualified for Nationals four times... Member of the Illinois club gymnastics team before joining the varsity team in Born Douglas Charles Blanton on Sept. 25, Son of Russell and Susan Blanton... Has four siblings, Kate, Tucker, Ben and Jeff... Majoring in biological engineering... Biggest thrill in sports is learning a new skill... Favorite athlete is Paul Pierce... Lists his parents as the people who most influenced his athletic career. C.J. MAESTAS SOPHOMORE // 5-4 // 139 CORRALES, N.M. CIBOLA ALL-AROUND SUMMER-FALL 2012 Made the U.S. senior national team for the fourth time in his career after finishing fourh on rings and 12th in the all-around at the U.S. Visa Championships... Placed fourth on rings, sixth on pommel horse and seventh in the all-around at the U.S. Olympic Trials. SPRING 2012 Earned three NCAA All-America accolades in his debut season for the Orange and Blue... Became Illinois first-ever national still rings champion at the 2012 NCAA Championships, where he also finished second in the all-around to help the Illini to their first NCAA team title in more than two decades... Took home the Big Ten all-around crown and was named both Big Ten Gymnast and Freshman of the Year at the 2012 conference championships, where he also placed second on floor, rings and high bar... Tied redshirt senior Paul Ruggeri to lead the team with 20 titles, including eight on rings, five in the all-around and four on floor, marking team-high totals on all three apparatuses... Secured at least one crown on every event except parallel bars... Broke the school record on rings with a during team finals at the Big Ten Championships... Competed at the U.S. Winter Cup Challenge in early February, earning a silver medal on rings and a spot on the U.S. senior national team for the third time in his career... Named Most Valuable by his teammates... Earned Fighting Illini Newcomer of the Year accolades for being chosen as best freshman male athlete at Illinois. SUMMER-FALL 2011 Brought home two bronze medals from the 2011 Pan American Games in October with third-place finishes on rings (15.550) and in the team competition... Finished fourth in the all-around (85.300) at Pan Ams... Earned an automatic MAESTAS CAREER HIGHS Floor Exercise: last at Iowa, 3/17/12 Pommel Horse: at NCAA Team Finals, 4/20/12 Still Rings: at Big Ten Team Finals, 4/6/12 Vault: at Windy City Invite, 1/14/12 Parallel Bars: at NCAA Team Finals, 4/20/12 High Bar: vs. Oklahoma/Michigan, 1/28/12 All-Around: at NCAA Team Finals, 4/20/12 MAESTAS CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 2012 Olympic Trials (4th - SR; 6th - PH; 7th - AA) 2012 Visa Championships (4th - SR; 12th - AA) NCAA Champion (Still Rings, 2012) NCAA Runner-up (All-Around, 2012) NCAA All-American (All-Around; Still Rings; Pommel Horse, 2012) Big Ten Gymnast of the Year (2012) Big Ten Freshman of the Year (2012) Big Ten All-Around Champion (2012) Big Ten Runner-up (FX; SR; HB, 2012) First-team All-Big Ten (2012) Fighting Illini Newcomer of the Year (2012) UI Dike Eddleman Athlete of the Year Finalist (2012) 2012 Winter Cup Challenge (2nd - SR; 10th - VT; 12th - AA) Pan American Games (Bronze Medal - Team and SR, 2011) Pan American Games (4th - AA, 2011) 2011 Visa Championships, (2nd - SR; 5th - FX; 10th - PH; 8th - AA) spot on the U.S. senior national team after his performance at the 2011 U.S. Visa Championships, where he earned silver on rings (30.850), placed fifth on floor (30.300) and 10th on pommel horse (27.200) to finish eighth in the all-around with a two-day score of Became a senior national team member after finishing third in the all-around, 10th on floor, first on rings and 10th on parallel bars at the 2011 Winter Cup Challenge... Competed on an international assignment at the Cottbus Challenge Cup in Germany and took fourth place on rings with a Born Christopher Maestas... Goes by C.J.... Hopes to open a restaurant someday ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 14

15 THE FIGHTING ILLINI THE FIGHTING ILLINI NICK SACRAMENTO SOPHOMORE // 5-7 // 165 LIBERTYVILLE, ILL. CARMEL CATHOLIC STILL RINGS MICHAEL WILNER SOPHOMORE // 5-4 // 150 BUFFALO GROVE, ILL. ADLAI E. STEVENSON STILL RINGS 2012 Did not compete in any meets. Graduate of Carmel Catholic High School... Selected as an Academic All-American for gymnastics ( )... Trained at Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center. Born Nicolas Joseph Sacramento on May 28, Son of Anthony R. and Lynn Sacramento... Has three siblings, Joe, Carli and former Illini gymnast Anthony... Majoring in aerospace engineering... Senior class president... Member of National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta... Illinois State Scholar... Hopes to get a pilot s license and sky diving certification and start a company that sells personal airplanes Competed in five meets, perfoming on vault each of the five times, floor twice and high bar once... Competed on those three events against UIC... Competed on vault during NCAA Team Finals, helping the Illini to their first national title since Big Ten Sportsmanship honoree. Three-time U.S. junior national team member... Four-time Region 3 all-around champion... Two-time Texas all-around state champion... Placed in the top four in the all-around on three different occasions at Junior Olympic Nationals, including a first-place finish in Captured the national title on vault in Took third in the all-around at the 2010 Houston National Invitational. Majoring in general engineering. JOSH WILSON SOPHOMORE ALLEN, TEXAS ALLEN ALL-AROUND WILSON S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Floor Exercise: vs. UIC, 2/11/12 Vault: at NCAA Team Finals, 4/20/12 High Bar: vs. UIC, 2/11/12 WILSON S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Three-time U.S. Junior National Team Member Junior Olympic National Champion (All-Around, 2006) 2012 Competed on rings in 12 meets, including Big Ten Individual Event Finals... Posted five top-five finishes... Placed second on rings in back-to-back meets at Iowa and against Michiga/Oklahoma... Competed at NCAA Championships, helping the Illini to their 10th national title... CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete Junior Olympic National Champion on rings... Four-year letterwinner at Adlai E. Stevenson... Helped his team to a state championship title in Trained at The Gymnastics Spot. Born Michael Loren Wilner on April 2, Son of Corey and Susan Wilner... Majoring in computer engineering... Hobbies include computer programming, electronics and traveling with friends... Member of Gold Honor Roll at Stevenson... National Honor Society inductee... Lists Dee Brown as his Illini hero while growing up... Both parents attended the University of Illinois. WILNER S CAREER HIGHS Floor Exercise: last at Big Ten Individual Event Finals, 4/7/12 WILNER S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2012) Junior Olympic National Champion (Rings, 2011) 2012 Redshirted the season due to injury. JACOB TILSLEY REDSHIRT FRESHMAN LONDONDERRY, N.H. SOUHEGAN POMMEL HORSE, FLOOR, VAULT Graduate of Souhegan High School... Originally, participated on the Illinois club gymnastics team. Joined the Fighting Illini men s gymnastics team in December, moving up from the Illinois club gymnastics team ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 15

16 THE FIGHTING ILLINI LOGAN BRADLEY FRESHMAN // 5-7 // 140 NAPERVILLE, ILL. NAPERVILLE NORTH FLOOR, POMMEL HORSE, PARALLEL BARS, HIGH BAR FRED HARTVILLE FRESHMAN // 5-4 // 132 ATLANTA, GA. ARABIA MOUNTAIN FLOOR, VAULT Graduate of Naperville North High School... Coached by Chris McKee... Finished second at 2012 Junior Nationals on pommel horse... Member of the 2012 junior national champion team in Born Logan Miller Bradley on Aug. 19, Son of Steve and Peggy Bradley... Hobbies include watching football and hanging out with friends... Biggest thrill in sports is hitting a routine in competition... Favorite athlete is Derek Jeter because he wins with class... Four-year honor roll student... Brother influenced his athletic career by pushing him to always get better. Graduate of Arabia Mountain High School... Coached by Paul Littlejohn vault and floor state champion. Born Frederick Deshon Hartville on July 12, Son of Frederick Hartville and Laura Box... Hobbies include watching funny videos, listening to music and hanging with friends... Biggest thrill in sports is learning a new pass on floor or a new vault... Favorite athlete is Jackie Robinson because he persevered and became one of the greatest baseball players in history Academic All-American and four-time A-B honor roll student... Lists the person who most influenced his athletic career as his grandmother. MAX MAYR FRESHMAN // 5-7 // 145 MIAMI, FLA. HOMESCHOOLED ALL-AROUND JOEY PETERS FRESHMAN // 5-5 // 125 DANVILLE, PA. PARKLAND HIGH SCHOOL ALL-AROUND 2011 junior national champion on both parallel bars and rings after capturing two gold medals at Visa Championships... Finished third on pommel horse, sixth on high bar and fifth in the all-around at the 2011 Visa Championships... Took third on parallel bars at the 2011 Junior Olympic National Championships and first in the all-around at the National Qualifier... Homeschooled... Coached by Yin Alvarez... Member of the junior national team from Born Maximilian Guenter Mayr on June 1, Son of Andreas and Ute Mayr... Hobbies include surfing, ocean activities and hanging with friends... Biggest thrill in sports is the feeling of completing a routine in competition... Favorite athlete is Alexei Nemov because he had the best style and lines... Plans to attend medical school after graduating... Illinois hero growing up was Justin Spring. Graduate of Parkland High School... Coached by Joe Stallone and 2012 junior national team member. Born Joseph Alexander Peters on June 21, Son of Albert and Molly Peters... Hobbies include hanging with his teammates and listening to music... Biggest thrill in sports is achieving goals... Favorite athlete is Kobe Bryant because he is a winner... Four-time Academic All-American... Illinois hero growing up was Justin Spring ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 16

17 2012 SEASON REVIEW 2012 SEASON REVIEW The 2012 Fighting Illini strung together an unforgettable season, highlighted by their first NCAA team title since 1989 and the first national championship for any Illinois program since The Orange and Blue also took home their fourth straight Big Ten crown and knocked off the top-ranked team in the nation three times throughout the season en route to a 28-2 overall mark. The squad produced two NCAA event champions, 11 All-America honors, three Big Ten individual titles, two All-Big Ten selections, the Big Ten Gymnast and Freshman of the Year and its fourth-ever Nissen-Emery Award winner. Head coach Justin Spring was named National Coach of the Year after notching his third straight Big Ten Coach of the Year honor. Illinois opened the season ranked second in the nation behind 2011 runner-up Oklahoma and was picked to finish first in the Big Ten. After finishing second at the Windy City Invitational behind conference foe Ohio State, the then-no. 4 Illini bounced back with a road win over Iowa. The following weekend, ranked second once again, they knocked off No. 1 Oklahoma and No. 7 Michigan in a showdown at Huff Hall. Less than a week later, the still No. 2-ranked Illini sent six gymnasts -- Paul Ruggeri, Anthony Sacramento, Tyler Mizoguchi, Austin Phillips, C.J. Maestas and Michael Wilner -- along with volunteer assistant coach David Sender to compete at the U.S. Winter Cup Challenge in Las Vegas for the chance to secure a spot on the 15-man senior national team. There, Maestas finished third on rings, while Ruggeri placed second on floor, both earning spots on the national team. After a nearly three-year hiatus, Sender took second on vault and third on rings to earn a place as well. The team got back in action the next weekend with a decisive 10-point victory over in-state rival UIC. Despite the win, the Orange and Blue fell to No. 3 in the national rankings, which are based on scores rather than victories. After slipping in the rankings, the squad also slipped in its following meet, coming up just short at No. 2 Penn State. Two weeks later, No. 3 Illinois returned home and got back on track with a seniornight victory over No. 5 Ohio State at Gym Jam 2012, hosted alongside the women s team. After the win, the Illini never looked back, defeating Minnesota and Nebraska in a tri-meet before downing Iowa once again, this time without Ruggeri, to close out the regular season. Meanwhile, Ruggeri brought home high bar silver for the U.S. at the 2012 World Cup in Cottbus, Germany. After a nearly three-week-long break, the fourth-ranked Illini traveled to Iowa for the third time in 2012 to compete for their fourth straight Big Ten title. The Orange and Blue extended their reign atop the conference and became the first team to four-peat at the Big Ten Championships since Minnesota accomplished the feat from In addition to capturing Illinois 27th conference title in program history, the most for any Big Ten school, Maestas won the all-around, becoming the first Illini to take the crown since Wes Haagensen in Nine Illini advanced to individual event finals, including seniors Ruggeri (FX, VT, PB), Sacramento (SR), Kyle Moe (SR) and C.J. Padera (HB), junior Yoshi Mori (PH) and Phillips (HB), sophomore Jordan Valdez (HB) and freshmen Maestas (FX, SR, PB, HB) and Mike Wilner (SR). The following night at event finals, Ruggeri won on floor and broke the Illini vault scoring record to bring home two titles, marking his fifth and sixth conference crowns all-time. Meanwhile, Maestas finished runner-up on floor, rings and high bar and earned Big Ten Gymnast and Freshman of the Year honors, becoming Illinois first Gymnast of the Year since Haagensen in 2007 and first Freshman of the Year since Mori in With their stellar performances, both Ruggeri and Maestas garnered first-team All-Big Ten recognition. After a week off, the Illini traveled to Norman, Okla., for the NCAA Championships. On the eve of competition, Ruggeri became the fourth Illinois gymnast to win the prestigious Nissen-Emery Award at the College Gymnastics Association/NCAA Championships Banquet. The award, which is presented each year, recognizes the top senior male gymnast in the nation. Additionally, assistant coaches Daniel Ribeiro and Ivan Ivankov garnered Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year honors Team Results 1/14 at Windy City Invitational 2nd of 6, /21 at Iowa W, /28 vs. Michigan/Oklahoma 1st of 3, /11 vs. UIC W, /18 at Penn State L, /2 vs. Ohio State W, /11 at Nebraska w/ Minnesota 1st of 3, /17 at Iowa W, /6 at Big Ten Championships 1st of 7, /19 at NCAA Championships (Team Qualifying) 1st of 6, /20 at NCAA Championships (Team Finals) 1st of 6, The Illini were ranked fourth heading into day one of the championships and competed in the evening preliminary session along with host and top-ranked Oklahoma, No. 5 Minnesota, No. 8 California, No. 9 Temple and No. 12 Air Force. The Orange and Blue came out on top, followed by Oklahoma and California. The three teams joined Session I qualifiers No. 6 Michigan, No. 2 Penn State and No. 3 Stanford in the team final the following night, marking Illinois 10th straight year in the Super Six. During team finals, the Illini clawed their way back from a two-point deficit in the final two rotations of the night to win the 2012 NCAA Championships with a season-high , including a school record-breaking on pommel horse, to edge host and top-ranked Oklahoma ( ), which finished second in the field of six. The win marked Illinois 10th NCAA team title in program history and first since Nine Illini qualified for individual event finals, led by Maestas on pommel horse, rings and parallel bars. Ruggeri advanced on vault and parallel bars, while Chad Mason, Cole Smith and Mori advanced on pommel horse, Sacramento on rings and Padera and Phillips on high bar. Less than 24 hours after helping the Illini to their first national title in more than two decades, Maestas became Illinois first-ever NCAA still rings champion, while Ruggeri matched his career high on vault to earn his fourth NCAA individual crown and career first on vault in his final performance for the Orange and Blue. Ruggeri also finished third on parallel bars and Maestas sixth on pommel horse to each earn All-America honors on those events. Five other Illini finished in the top eight on their respective events to earn All- America honors, including Mori (fifth; PH), Phillips (eighth; HB), Valdez (fifth; HB), Mason (eighth; PH) and Sacramento (eighth; SR). Overall, Illinois totaled 11 All- America honors, nine during event finals and two in the all-around (Maestas and Mori) during team finals. The Illini celebrated the season at their annual awards banquet, where Maestas was named Most Valuable and Ruggeri Most Outstanding. Three-time All-American Maestas and nine-time All-American Ruggeri led the team with 20 titles apiece. Ruggeri ended his career ranked third all-time at Illinois with 75 titles. Smith was selected as Most Improved after shattering his career high on pommel horse by seven tenths of a point with a to help the Illini win the NCAA team title and earn his first career All-America honor. Padera earned the Yoshi Hayasaki Consistency Award after spending the year in the national top-20 individual event rankings and was ranked 20th on both high bar and parallel bars going into the NCAA Championships. Junior Vince Smurro, 2012 high bar All-American Jordan Valdez and freshman Josh Wilson were voted team captains for the 2013 season. Sophomore Alex Varga garnered the team s Scholar-Athlete Award, while Mori took home the Fighting Illini Attitude Award. A few weeks later, Maestas earned yet another honor, garnering Fighting Illini Newcomer of the Year recognition, which is given to the top male and female freshman athletes at Illinois ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 17

18 2012 SEASON REVIEW TOP SCORES OF 2012 // BIG TEN REVIEW Team Top Scores of 2012 Total NCAA Championship (4/20) NCAA Prelims (4/19) vs Ohio State (3/2) Floor Exercise at Iowa (3/17) NCAA Championship (4/20) vs Ohio State (3/2) Pommel Horse NCAA Championships (4/20) NCAA Prelims (4/19) vs Ohio State (3/2) Still Rings Big Ten Team Finals (4/6) at Iowa (1/21) vs Ohio State (3/2) Vault NCAA Championship (4/20) vs Ohio State (3/2) NCAA Prelims (4/19) Parallel Bars NCAA Prelims (4/19) NCAA Championship (4/20) at Nebraska/Minnesota (3/11) High Bar vs. Michigan/Oklahoma (1/28) NCAA Prelims (4/19) at Nebraska/Minnesota (3/11) 2012 BIG TEN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS STANDINGS TEAM TOTAL FX PH SR V PB HB ILLINOIS * * * Michigan * * Penn State * Minnesota Ohio State Iowa Nebraska * Indicates Team Event Winners Individual Champions All-Around C.J. Maestas, ILL Floor Exercise Paul Ruggeri, ILL Pommel Horse Craig Hernandez, PSU Still Rings Scott Rosenthal, PSU Vault Paul Ruggeri, ILL Parallel Bars Sam Mikulak, MICH High Bar Sam Mikulak, MICH First Team All-Big Ten C.J. Maestas, ILL Paul Ruggeri, ILL Broderick Shermansky, IOWA Adrian de los Angeles, MICH Sam Mikulak, MICH Ty Echard, OSU Felix Aronovich, PSU Craig Hernandez, PSU Scott Rosenthal, PSU Second Team All-Big Ten Zach Chase, MINN Misha Koudinov, OSU Freshman of the Year C.J. Maestas, ILL Gymnast of the Year C.J. Maestas, ILL Coach of the Year Justin Spring, ILL Illini Big Ten Gymnast of the Week Jan. 23 C.J. Maestas Jan. 30 Paul Ruggeri Feb. 6 Paul Ruggeri March 5 Paul Ruggeri Illini Big Ten Freshman of the Week Jan. 16 C.J. Maestas Jan. 23 C.J. Maestas Feb. 20 C.J. Maestas March 5 C.J. Maestas March 12 C.J. Maestas March 19 C.J. Maestas Individual All-Around Paul Ruggeri at Nebraska/Minnesota (3/11) C.J. MaestasNCAA Championship (4/20) C.J. MaestasBig Ten Team Finals (4/6) Floor Exercise Paul Ruggeri at Nebraska/Minnesota (3/11) Paul Ruggeri Big Ten Individual Finals (4/7) C.J. Maestasat Iowa (1/21)/at Penn State (2/18)/at Iowa (3/17) Pommel Horse Yoshi Mori vs Ohio State (3/2) Chad Mason NCAA Prelims (4/19) C.J. Maestas & Yoshi Mori NCAA Championship (4/20) C.J. Maestas at Iowa (1/21) Still Rings C.J. MaestasBig Ten Team Finals (4/6) C.J. Maestas 2x, last at NCAA Championship (4/20) C.J. Maestas NCAA Prelims (4/19) Vault Paul Ruggeri 3x, last at NCAA Event Finals (4/21) Paul Ruggeri 3x, last vs Nebraska/Minnesota (3/11) Paul Ruggeri Big Ten Team Finals (4/6) Parallel Bars Paul Ruggeri at Penn State (2/18) Paul Ruggeri 2x, last at NCAA Championship (4/20) Tyler Mizoguchiat Iowa (1/21) High Bar Paul Ruggeri at Nebraska/Minnesota (3/11) Paul Ruggeri vs. Michigan/Oklahoma (1/28) Paul Ruggeri 2x, last vs Ohio State (3/2) BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS TITLE HISTORY SCHOOL TEAM / LAST INDIVIDUAL EVENT ALL-AROUND ILLINOIS 27 / Minnesota 21 / *Chicago 15 / Michigan 15 / Ohio State 12 / *Wisconsin 8 / Iowa 7 / Penn State 2 / Michigan St. 1 / *Indiana *Purdue *Northwestern Nebraska *Chicago left the Big Ten Conference in Indiana, Purdue, Northwestern, Wisconsin and Michigan State each have discontinued their men s gymnastics programs. The Hoosiers ended their program in 1983, the Boilermakers left the field in 1932, while the Wildcats last competed in 1959, the Badgers in 1991 and Michigan State in ILLINOIS BIG TEN HISTORY The Illinois men s gymnastics program has been one of the most decorated in Big Ten history, claiming a league-best 27 team championships, 158 individual crowns and 138 event titles. Illinois has hosted the Big Ten Championships 16 times and most recently served as host for the 2011 season. In 2012, Illinois captured its fourth straight Big Ten title, while C.J. Maestas was named Big Ten Gymnast and Freshman of the Year after taking home the all-around crown. Paul Ruggeri won vault and floor titles, while he and Maestas earned All-Big Ten accolades. Head coach Justin Spring was named Big Ten Coach of the Year for the third straight season ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 18

19 2012 SEASON REVIEW NCAA REVIEW 2012 NCAA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS SESSION I TOTAL FX PH SR V PB HB Michigan Penn State Stanford Ohio State Nebraska Iowa SESSION II TOTAL FX PH SR V PB HB ILLINOIS Oklahoma California Minnesota Temple Air Force * Top three teams from each session advanced to the team finals. FINALS TOTAL FX PH SR V PB HB ILLINOIS Oklahoma Penn State California Stanford Michigan ILLINOIS ALL-AMERICANS C.J. Maestas... All-Around, Pommel Horse, Rings Yoshi Mori... All-Around, Pommel Horse Chad Mason... Pommel Horse Austin Phillips High Bar Paul Ruggeri... Vault, Parallel Bars Anthony Sacramento Rings Jordan Valdez High Bar NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS TITLE HISTORY SCHOOL TEAM / LAST INDIVIDUAL Penn State 12 / ILLINOIS / Nebraska 8 / Oklahoma 7 / Stanford 5 / California 4 / Southern Illinois 4 / Michigan 4 / Ohio State 3 / Iowa State3 / Florida State 2 / UCLA 2 / NCAA INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS All-Around... Jake Dalton, Oklahoma Floor Exercise... Eddie Penev, Stanford Pommel Horse Glen Ishino, California Still Rings... C.J. Maestas, Illinois Vault... Paul Ruggeri, Illinois/Eddie Penev, Stanford Parallel Bars Jake Dalton, Oklahoma High Bar Sam Mikulak, Michigan Fighting Illini celebrate first NCAA team title since NCAA individual champions C.J. Maestas (rings) and Paul Ruggeri (vault) ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 19

20 AWARDS / RECORDS ALL-TIME COACHING RECORDS DR. HARTLEY PRICE (19 YEARS) DUAL: (.798) // OVERALL: (.785) 4 BIG TEN TITLES // 4 NCAA TITLES YEAR OVERALL DUALS BIG TEN BIG TEN REGIONAL NCAA nd rd rd rd rd st rd rd nd ! st -- 1st nd -- 1st 1941! st -- 1st 1942! st -- 1st World War II No Competition 1947! nd nd -- 3rd CHARLIE POND (25 YEARS) DUAL: (.658) // OVERALL: (.677) 11 BIG TEN TITLES // 4 NCAA TITLES YEAR OVERALL DUALS BIG TEN BIG TEN REGIONAL NCAA nd -- 3rd st -- 1st st -- T-2nd st -- 3rd st -- 2nd 1954! st -- 2nd st -- 1st st -- 1st st -- 2nd st -- T-1st st -- 2nd st -- 3rd nd -- 5th rd -- 4th 1963! th -- * th -- * 1965@ th * rd 4th * th 4th * 1968$ th -- * rd -- * 1970$ rd -- * rd th -- * th DON OSBORN (3 YEARS) DUAL: (.423) // OVERALL: (.447) YEAR OVERALL DUALS BIG TEN BIG TEN REGIONAL NCAA th 6th * th * * th * * * Indicates years in which Illinois did not advance as a team and only sent individuals to Regionals or NCAAs. # Indicates years where Illinois championships finish was a NCAA statistical ranking.! Indicates years where records are incomplete for some In 1965, there was no Big Ten Championship. Instead, the conference champion was determined by each school s regular season conference dual match record. $ In 1968 and 1970, the Big Ten champion was determined by combining championship points earned at the season-ending meet, added to the amount of regular season conference dual match wins each team had. YOSHI HAYASAKI (33 YEARS) DUAL: (.661) // OVERALL: (.632) 6 BIG TEN TITLES // 1 NCAA TITLE YEAR OVERALL DUALS BIG TEN BIG TEN REGIONAL NCAA th th rd nd -- * nd -- * th th -- * st -- 8th nd -- * T-1st -- 6th th -- 9th th -- * rd -- * th -- * st -- 2nd st -- 1st th 5th * th 9th * rd 8th * th 3rd 6th th 4th * th 2nd 3rd th 4th * rd -- 8th# th -- 8th# th -- 9th# th -- 5th st -- 3rd nd -- 3rd nd -- 2nd th -- 5th nd -- 3rd T-1st -- 5th JUSTIN SPRING (3 YEARS) OVERALL: (.833) 3 BIG TEN TITLES // 1 NCAA TITLE YEAR OVERALL BIG TEN BIG TEN FINISH NCAA st 4th st 3rd st 1st ALL-TIME COACHING RECORDS COACH SEASONS YEARS OVERALL RECORD PCT. Yoshi Hayasaki , Charlie Pond Dr. Hartley Price Justin Spring 2010-present Don Osborn R.C. Heidloff *.643 Leo Hana 1905, J.C. Wagner R.N. Fargo A.J. Schuettner S.C. Staley Adolph Kreikenbaum 1889, NA NA *Dual record 2013 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 20

21 AWARDS / RECORDS ALL-TIME RESULTS (SINCE 1972) All-Time results begin in 1971, starting with the first year the modern events of floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bars, high bar and the all-around became the seven NCAA recognized events. Before 1971, the NCAA recognized championships in flying rings until 1961, rope climb (1962), tumbling (1964) and trampoline until *Note: Illinois did not compete as a team at the NCAA Championships and only sent individuals during the following seasons: , 80, 82, 85-87, 90-92, 94-97, 99, HEAD COACH: CHARLIE POND 8-18 BIG TEN: SIXTH NCAA: NA 12/4 at Big Ten Invitational 7th/11, /8 Indiana State L, /15 at Minnesota L, /28 Eastern Illinois L, /29 Ohio State W, /5 at Indiana L, /12 Wisconsin W, /18 at Illinois State L, /19 Iowa L, /26 at Michigan L, /2-4 Big Ten Championships 6th/8, HEAD COACH: CHARLIE POND 4-17 BIG TEN: SIXTH NCAA: NA 1/12 at Eastern Illinois L, /13 Minnesota L, /26 Eastern Illinois W, /27 at Iowa 3rd/4, /2 at Southern Illinois L, /9 Illinois State L, /10 at Wisconsin L, /15 at Indiana State L, /17 Iowa and Indiana 3rd/3, /24 at Michigan State L, /3 Southern Illinois L, /22-24 Big Ten Championships 6th/8, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FOURTH NCAA: NA 11/24-25 Midwest Open NA 11/30-12/1 Big Ten Invitational NA 1/18 Eastern Illinois W, /19 Eastern Illinois W, /25 Indiana State L, /26 at Iowa, Northern Illinois 3rd/3, /1-2 at Michigan, Indiana 3rd/3, /8 at Illinois State L, /9 at Ohio State, Boise State 2nd/4, /15 Wisconsin, Wheaton 1st/3, /16 Indiana, Wheaton, Wisconsin 2nd/4, /23 at Minnesota L, /2 Big Ten Championships 4th/8, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FOURTH NCAA: NA 11/28-30 at Midwest Open (Chicago) NA 12/2-7 at Big Ten Invitational 10th/18 12/21 Louisiana State L, /10 Oregon, Wheaton 2nd/3, /17 Illinois State L, /24 Eastern Illinois W, /25 Oklahoma, Northern Illinois 2nd/3, /31 Michigan State W, /7 Michigan, Indiana 3rd/3, /14 Wisconsin W, /15 Wisconsin W, /21 Indiana State L, /22 Kansas W, /28 Iowa, Minnesota 1st/3, /1 Iowa, Minnesota 2nd/3, /28-29 Big Ten Championships 4th/8, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: THIRD NCAA: NA 11/21-22 at Big Ten Invitational 5th/12 12/5-6 at Ball State Invitational 6th/13 1/9 at Wheaton, Oregon, LSU 3rd/4, /10 at UI-Chicago Circle L, /17 at Michigan State L, /23 Oklahoma L, /30 at Illinois State, Southern Ill. 3rd/3, /31 at Iowa W, /7 Indiana W, /13 at Minnesota L, /21 Wisconsin W, /27 Northern Illinois W, /26-27 Big Ten Championships 3rd/8, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI 32-9 BIG TEN: SECOND NCAA: NA 11/6 at Big Ten Classic NA 11/13 at Windy City Invitational NA 11/26-27 at Midwest Open NA 12/3 at Indiana W, /4 at Ball State All-Around Classic 4th/14, /7 at Wheaton Invitational 3rd/4, /15 at Northern Illinois L, /21 Indiana State L, /2 Indiana State W, /5 UI-Chicago Circle W, /11-12 at Titon International Invite 1st/11, /25-26 Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan State 2nd/4, /10-12 at Big Ten Championships 2nd/8, /30-4/1 at NCAA Championships NA (Steve Yasukawa, 15th-AA) HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: SECOND NCAA: NA 11/5 at Big Ten Classic NA 11/18-19 at Windy City Invitational 4th/14, /25-26 at Midwest Open NA 12/2-3 at Ball State All-Around Classic 4th/15, /6 at Wheaton Invitational 3rd/4, /13 at UI-Chicago Circle L, /20 at Wisconsin W, /21 at Minnesota L, /28 Ohio State W, /3-4 at Titon International Invite 3rd/6, /10-11 at Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin 1st/4, /17-18 at Michigan State L, /21 Southern Illinois W, /25 at Illinois State, Michigan State 1st/3, /10-11 at Big Ten Championships 2nd/8, /6-8 at NCAA Championships NA (Dave Stoldt, 2nd-PH; Butch Zunich, 10th-PH; John Davis, 21st-SR; Carl Antoniolli, 21st-Overall; Steve Yasukawa, 23rd-Overall) HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FOURTH NCAA: NA 11/11 at Big Ten Classic NA 11/17-18 at Windy City Invitational 8th/14, /24-25 at Midwest Open NA 12/1-2 at Ball State All-Around Classic 13th/16, /5 Southern Illinois L, /9 Indiana W, /5 at Wheaton Invitational 3rd/5, /19-20 Wisconsin W, /2-3 at Titon International Invitational 2nd/3, /9 at Ohio State, Minnesota 1st/3, /16 Illinois State, Michigan State, Iowa 2nd/4, /20 Northern Illinois L, /24 Indiana State W, /9-11 at Big Ten Championships 4th/8, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI 20-7 BIG TEN: FOURTH NCAA: NA 11/10 at Big Ten Classic NA 11/16-17 at Windy City Invitational NA 11/19 Houston Baptist L, /23-24 at Midwest Open NA 12/1 at Northern Illinois W, /7 at Wheaton, Oregon 1st/3, /19 at Michigan State W, /20 at Michigan L, /25 Ohio State, Iowa 1st/3, /27 Wisconsin W, /2 Illinois Intercollegiate Champ. 2nd/6, /16 at Illinois State, UW-Stout 1st/3, /23 at Indiana W, /24 UI-Chicago Circle L, /2 at Indiana State, Southern Illinois 1st/3, /6-8 at Big Ten Championships 4th /8, /3-6 at NCAA Championships NA (Dave Stoldt, 1st-PH; Butch Zunich, 4th-PH; Kevin McMurchie, 5th-SR, 9th-HB; Jeff Mitchell, DNQ for finals in vault) HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FIRST NCAA: EIGHTH 11/8 at Indiana College Classic NA 11/14-15 at Buckeye Invitational 1st/5, /21-22 at Windy City Invitational 4th/12, /28-29 at Midwest Open NA 12/4 Japanese All-Stars L, /5 Triangular Meet Memphis State W, Indiana W, /12 at Houston Baptist L, /18 Michigan W, /23 Indiana State W, /25 at Wisconsin W, /30 Northern Illinois L, /6-2/7 Illinois Intercollegiate Champ. 1st/6, /20 Michigan State W, /27 at UI-Chicago Circle L, /7 Southern Illinois W, /13-14 at Big Ten Championships 1st/8, /2-4 at NCAA Championships 8th/10, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: SECOND NCAA: NA 11/7-8 at Wisconsin Open NA 11/20-21 at Buckeye Invitational 3rd/6, /27-28 at Midwest Open NA 12/4-5 at Windy City Invitational 7th/12, /11 Brazilian National Team W, /7 at Cal State-Fullerton, UCLA 2nd/3, /9 at San Jose, Oklahoma 2nd/3, /13 at California L, /16 at Michigan L, /24 Iowa W, /28 at Northern Illinois L, /13 at Indiana, Indiana State 1st/3, /18 Southern Illinois W, /28 UI-Chicago Circle, Wisconsin 1st/3, /7 at Big Ten Championships 2nd/8, /19-20 Illinois Intercollegiate NA 4/1-3 at NCAA Championships NA (Kari Samstem, 4th-HB) *Note: Beginning in 1982, UI-Chicago Circle became known as Illinois-Chicago when its medical campus and its main campus combined to form one institution ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 21

22 AWARDS / RECORDS ALL-TIME RESULTS HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: T-FIRST NCAA: SIXTH 11/5 at Buckeye Invitational 2nd/6, /12 at Bronco Classic NA at Wisconsin Open NA 11/19 at Windy City Invitational 5th/12, /26 at Midwest Open NA 12/3 Soviets L, /15 at Iowa W, /22 Michigan L, /27 Houston Baptist W, /4 Northern Illinois W, /10 at Southern Illinois W, /12 at Memphis State W, /17 at Illinois-Chicago W, /20 Michigan State W, /25 at Indiana State, Western Michigan 1st/3, /4-5 at Big Ten Championships T-1st/8, /7-9 at NCAA Championships 6th/10, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FOURTH NCAA: NINTH 11/4-5 at Buckeye Invitational NA 11/18-19 at Windy City Invitational 10th/12, /25-26 at Midwest Open NA 12/4 Japanese All-Stars L, /13 at Michigan State W, /14 at Michigan, Kent State 1st/3, /21 Iowa L, /28 Indiana State, Memphis State 1st/3, /3 at Northern Illinois W, /10 at UCLA Invitational 3rd/7, /17 Illinois-Chicago W, /25 at Wisconsin, Minnesota 2nd/3, /3 Southern Illinois L, /9-10 at Big Ten Championships 4th/7, /17 at Chicagoland Invitational 1st/7, /24-25 Illini Open 1st/4, /12-14 at NCAA Championships 9th/10, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FOURTH NCAA: NA 11/2-13 Big Eight Invitational 4th/7, /16-17 Windy City Invitational 5th/12, /18 at Iowa, Ohio State 3rd/3, /31 at Indiana State L, /2 Wisconsin, Michigan 1st/ /7 Northern Illinois W, /9 New Mexico L, /17 at Southern Illinois L, /20 Cal. State-Fullerton Invite 5th/6, /22 UCLA Invitational 6Th/6, /2 Michigan State, BYU 1st/3, /10 Illinois Open 2nd/7, /23-24 Big Ten Championships 4th/7, /12-13 at NCAA Championships NA (Charles Lakes, 14th-AA, 1st-VT, 1st-PB) HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: THIRD NCAA: NA 11/22-23 Windy City Invitational 9th/11, /31 Kamehameha Invite 2nd/3, /3 Kamehameha Invite 2nd/3, /11 Japan Jr. All-Stars Team L, /17 Michigan State W, /18 at Michigan, Minnesota 2nd/3, /25 at Wisconsin W, /1 Iowa W, /6 Northern Illinois W, /15 Southern Illinois, Illinois-Chicago 1st/3, /21 at Brigham Young, Montana 1st/3, /22 at New Mexico, California State 2nd/3, /1 Ohio State, Indiana State 2nd/3, /14-15 Big Ten Championships 3rd/7, /4-5 at NCAA Championships NA (David Romero, 34th-PH; David Zeddies, 9th-HB; Joe Ledvora, 9th-PH; Tigran Mkchyan 44th-AA) HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FOURTH NCAA: NA 12/7 Japan All Stars L, 279, /9-10 Windy City Invite 4th/11, /24 Michigan State W, /31 Michigan W, /6 UC-Santa Barbara Invite 3rd/6, /8 UCLA Invitational 2nd/6, /15 at Illinois-Chicago W, /20 UCLA L, /27 New Mexico W, /28 Wisconsin W, /7 at Southern Illinois L, /14 at Michigan, Western Michigan 1st/3, /20 at Iowa L, /28 Northern Illinois W, /3-4 Big Ten Championships 4th/7, /23-25 at NCAA Championships NA (David Romero, 22nd-AA; David Zeddies, 50th-HB; Chris McKee, 38th-FX; Tigran Mkchyan, 14th-PH) HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI 46-2 BIG TEN: FIRST NCAA: SECOND 11/14 Intrasquad Meet NA 12/5-6 at Wisconsin Open NA 1/15-16 at Windy City Invitational 1st/11, /23 at Michigan W, /24 at Michigan State W, /30 Wisconsin W, /5 Houston Baptist W, /12 at UC-Santa Barbara Invite 1st/7, /13 at UCLA Invitational 2nd/7, /19 at Northern Illinois, Iowa State 1st/3, /26 Iowa W, /5 at New Mexico, 1st/4, Penn State, Western Michigan 3/12 Southern Illinois W, /25-26 at Big Ten Championships 1st/7, /14-15 at NCAA Championships 2nd/10, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI 41-3 BIG TEN: FIRST NCAA: FIRST 1/14 at Iowa W, /20-21 at Windy City Invite 3rd/11, /27 Michigan State W, /4 Michigan and Northern Illinois 1st/3, /10 at UC-Santa Barbara Invite 1st/7, /11 at UCLA Invitational 1st/6, /18 at Houston Baptist L, /25 New Mexico W, /11 at Oklahoma W, /17 at Southern Illinois W, /24-25 at Big Ten Championships 1st/7, /7 at NCAA Championships 1st/10, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FOURTH NCAA: NA 1/19-20 at Windy City Invite 8th/11, /3 Houston Baptist W, /8 at Titan Invite-Santa Barbara 4th/5, /10 at UCLA Invitational 5th/5, /24 Iowa L, /2-3 at Big Ten Championships 4th/7, /16 at Oklahoma L, /18 at New Mexico L, /7 at NCAA East Regionals 5th/10, /19-20 at NCAA Championships NA (Dan Petritis, 12th-FX) HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FIFTH NCAA: NA 1/18-19 at Windy City Invite 7th/12, /25 at Michigan State L, /27 at Michigan L, /2 Oklahoma L, /8 at Iowa L, /16 New Mexico W, /23 at Houston Baptist W, /2-3 at UCLA Invite 6th/6, /9 Illinois-Chicago, Army 1st/3, /22-23 at Big Ten Championships 5th/7, /6 at NCAA East Regionals 9th/10, /18-20 at NCAA Championships NA (Lee Wolochuk, T-4th-PH; Ricardo Cheriel, 9th-AA) HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: THIRD NCAA: NA 1/11 at Spartan Invitational 3rd/5, /18 at Windy City Invite 4th/10, /25 Michigan, Michigan State 2nd/3, /22 Penn State L, /28 at UC-Santa Barbara 1st/4, /29 at UCLA Invite 4th/6, /7 at Illinois-Chicago, Army 1st/3, /14 at New Mexico, Air Force 2nd/3, /28 Big Ten Championships 3rd/7, /11 at NCAA East Regionals 8th/10, /23-24 at NCAA Championships NA (Emilio Marrero, Sean Henderson, Matt White, Vutnik Chhay and Brian Kobylinski all competed but did not qualify for their respective individual event finals) HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FOURTH NCAA: SIXTH 1/15-16 at Windy City Invite 4th/12, /23 New Mexico W, /29 at Michigan State W, /30 at Michigan W, /13 Illinois-Chicago, Iowa 1st/3, /19 at UC-Santa Barbara, Michigan 1st/3, /20 at UCLA Invite 4th/6, /26 Western Michigan W, /7 at Oklahoma L, /12 at Arizona State W, /19-20 at Big Ten Championships 4th/7, /3 at NCAA East Regionals 3rd/6, /16-17 at NCAA Championships 6th/6, HEAD COACH: DON OSBORN BIG TEN: SIXTH NCAA: NA 1/14-15 at Windy City Invitational 6th/12, /22 Michigan State W, /29 Michigan W, /4 at Winter Nationals NA 2/11 at Iowa, UW-Oshkosh 2nd/3, /19 at UCLA Invitational 2nd/6, /25 Oklahoma L, /4 at Illinois-Chicago L, /6 at New Mexico L, /12 at Michigan Invitational 3rd/8, /26-27 at Big Ten Championships 6th/7, /9 at NCAA East Regionals 6th/6, /22-23 at NCAA Championships NA (Goncalo Macedo, 19th-AA, 16th-PH; Greg McGlaun, 12th-HB) 2013 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 22

23 AWARDS / RECORDS ALL-TIME RESULTS HEAD COACH: DON OSBORN 9-14 BIG TEN: FIFTH NCAA: NA 1/13-14 Windy City Invitational 6th/9, /22 Illinois-Chicago W, /3 at Michigan State W, /4 at Michigan State, Ohio State 1st/3, /10 Iowa L, /18 at Minnesota L, /25 Ohio State L, /4 Oklahoma L, /11 Stanford L, /25-26 Big Ten Championship 5th/7, /8 at NCAA East Regionals NA (Jeremiah Landry, Qualified for NCAAs-PH) 4/20-22 at NCAA Championships NA (Jeremiah Landry, 2nd-PH) HEAD COACH: DON OSBORN BIG TEN: SIXTH NCAA: NA 1/19-20 at Windy City Invitational 5th/12, /27 Michigan State W, /10 Penn State L, /17 at Iowa L, /24 Oklahoma, New Mexico 2nd/3, /2 at Illinois-Chicago W, /9 at Stanford, California 4th/5, Oklahoma, UCLA 3/15 at UC-Santa Barbara Invite 4th/8, /23 at Michigan Invitational 5th/8, /30-31 at Big Ten Championships 6th/7, /13 at NCAA East Regionals NA (Yuval Ayalon, 8th-AA; Greg McGlaun, 1st- HB; Matt Redman, DNP-HB) 4/25-27 at NCAA Championships NA (Greg McGlaun, 9th-HB; Yuval Ayalon, 12th-AA) HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FIFTH NCAA: NA 1/18 at Windy City Invitational 2nd/9, /25 at Michigan State L, /26 Michigan W, /1 Illinois-Chicago W, /8 at Penn State L, /22 Iowa L, /27 at UCLA Invitational 2nd/5, /1 at UC-Santa Barbara Invite 3rd/9, /8 Ohio State L, /22 at Big Ten Championships 5th/7, /5 at NCAA East Regionals 4th/6, /17-19 at NCAA Championships NA (Travis Romagnoli, 3rd-AA, 7th-FX, 3rd-VT; Greg McGlaun, 5th-HB) HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FIFTH NCAA: THIRD 1/17 at Windy City Invitational 2nd/7, /24 at Ohio State L, /31 Penn State and Michigan 1st/3, /7 at Minnesota L, /21 Michigan State W, /28 Illinois-Chicago W, /7 at UC-Santa Barbara Invite 3rd/6, /14 Iowa L, /20 at Big Ten Championships 5th/7, /4 at NCAA East Regionals 2nd/6, /8-9 at NCAA Championships 3rd/6, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: SIXTH NCAA: NA 1/16 at Windy City Invitational 4th/7, /29 at Michigan, Ohio State 3rd/3, /31 at Michigan State L, /6 Iowa L, /14 at Illinois-Chicago W, /20 at Penn State L, /27 Minnesota W, /6 Ohio State W, /12 at California W, /18 at UC-Santa Barbara, Army 1st/3, /26-27 Big Ten Championship 6th/7, /10 NCAA East Regionals 4th/7, /22-24 at NCAA Championships NA (Kyle Zak, 24th-FX; Leo Oka, 11th-PH, 7th- SR, 12th-VT, 12th-PB, 9th-HB, 7th-AA) HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: THIRD NCAA: EIGHTH* 1/8 at Illinois-Chicago W, /15 at Windy City Invitational 3rd/7, /22 at Minnesota W, /29 Michigan State W, /5 at Ohio State, Michigan 3rd/3, /19 Penn State L, /26 Michigan L, /3 at Iowa, Michigan State 2nd/3, /11 at UC-Santa Barbara Invite 3rd/6, /17-18 at Big Ten Championships 3rd/7, /30 NCAA Team Qualifier 4th/6, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FOURTH NCAA: EIGHTH* 1/13 at Windy City Invitational 2nd/7, /20 Minnesota W, /26 at Michigan L, /27 at Michigan State, Illinois-Chicago 1st/3, /3 Ohio State L, /16 Illinois-Chicago W, /22 at UCLA Invitational 1st/5, /24 at Stanford, Arizona State 1st/3, /3 Iowa W, /10 at UC-Santa Barbara Invite 2nd/5, /23-3/24 at Big Ten Championships 4th/7, /5-4/7 at NCAA Team Qualifier 4th/6, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FIFTH NCAA: NINTH* 1/12 at Windy City Invitational 2nd/6, /19 Nebraska W, /26 Minnesota W, /2 at Penn State L, /10 at Illinois-Chicago W, /15 at Ohio State W, /21 at UCLA Invitational 1st/6, /23 at UC-Santa Barbara Invite 1st/4, /2 at Iowa W, /9 Illinois-Chicago W, /22-23 at Big Ten Championships 5th/6, /4-6 at NCAA Team Qualifier 5th/6, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: SIXTH NCAA: FIFTH 1/11 at Windy City Invitational 4th/6, /25 at Minnesota L, /1 Ohio State L, /15 at Temple, Penn State 2nd/3, /22 at Illinois-Chicago W, /1 Penn State, Iowa 2nd/3, /6 at Peter Vidmar Invite 2nd/5, /8 at Southwest Cup 2nd/5, /15 Oklahoma L, /28-29 at Big Ten Championships 6th/6, /11 NCAA Team Qualifier 3rd/6, /12 NCAA Team Finals 5th/6, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI 19-8 BIG TEN: FIRST NCAA: THIRD 1/10 at Windy City Invitational 2nd/6, /17 at Penn State L, /25 Minnesota W, /31 at Ohio State L, /6-7 at Winter Cup Challenge NTS 2/14 Illinois-Chicago W, /21 at Iowa W, /27 Temple W, /6 at Oklahoma L, /19 at Big Ten Championships 1st/6, /2 NCAA Team Qualifier 3rd/6, /3 NCAA Team Finals 3rd/6, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: SECOND NCAA: THIRD 1/8 at Windy City Invitational 1st/6, /22 at Minnesota W, /29 Ohio State T, /4-5 at Winter Cup Challenge NA 2/12 Penn State W, /19 at Pacific Coast Classic 2nd/4, /26 at Temple W, /5 Iowa W, /12 Illinois-Chicago W, /25 at Big Ten Championships 2nd/6, /6 NCAA Team Qualifier 1st/6, /7 NCAA Team Finals 3rd/6, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI 23-5 BIG TEN: SECOND NCAA: SECOND 1/14 at Windy City Invitational 2nd/6, /21 Minnesota W, /28 at Ohio State L, /3-4 at Winter Cup Challenge NA 2/11 Temple W, /18 at Iowa, Michigan 1st/3, /25 at UIC W, /5 at Iowa W, /11 Army W, /24 at Big Ten Championships 2nd/6, /6 NCAA Team Qualifier 2nd/6, /7 NCAA Team Finals 2nd/6, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FIFTH NCAA: FIFTH 1/13 at Windy City Invitational 2nd/6, /20 at Minnesota L, /27 Ohio State L, /9-10 at Winter Cup Challenge NTS 2/17 at Penn State L, /24 Pacific Coast Classic 5th/6, /3 Iowa W, /10 at Michigan L, /17 Illinois-Chicago W, /30 at Big Ten Championships 5th/6, /12 NCAA Team Qualifier 2nd/6, /13 NCAA Team Finals 5th/6, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: SECOND NCAA: THIRD 1/12 at Windy City Invitational 2nd/7, /19 Minnesota L, /26 at Ohio State W, /8-9 at Winter Cup Challenge NTS 2/16 Penn State L, /23 Pacific Coast Classic 5th/6, /1 at Iowa W, /8 Michigan W, /15 at Illinois-Chicago W, /21 at Minnesota/Iowa 1st/3, /30 at Big Ten Championships 2nd/6, /12 NCAA Team Qualifier 2nd/6, /13 NCAA Team Finals 3rd/6, ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 23

24 AWARDS / RECORDS ALL-TIME RESULTS HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: T-FIRST NCAA: FIFTH 1/17 at Windy City Invitational 2nd/6, /24 Ohio State W, /5-2/7 at Winter Cup Challenge NTS 2/14 Penn State W, /21 at Pacific Coast Classic 5th/7, /28 Iowa W, /7 UIC W, /14 at Michigan W, /21 at Minnesota W, /3 at Big Ten Championships T-1st/6, /16 at NCAA Team Qualifier 2nd/6, /17 at NCAA Team Finals 5th/6, HEAD COACH: JUSTIN SPRING 22-5 BIG TEN: FIRST NCAA: FOURTH 1/16 at Windy City Invitational 1st/6, /30 at Ohio State W, /4-2/6 at Winter Cup Challenge NTS 2/13 Minnesota W, /20 at Penn State W, /28 at UIC W, /7 at Iowa W, /13 Michigan L, /20 UIC W, /2 at Big Ten Championships 1st/6, /15 at NCAA Team Qualifier 2nd/6, /16 at NCAA Team Finals 4th/6, HEAD COACH: JUSTIN SPRING 25-8 BIG TEN: FIRST NCAA: THIRD 1/15 at Windy City Invitational 1st/6, /22 at Minnesota w/ Nebraska 1st of 3, /29 Iowa W, /4-2/6 at Winter Cup Challenge NTS 2/12 at Michigan L, /19 Penn State L, /4 at UIC w/ Air Force and Stanford 2nd of 4, /12 at Ohio State w/ Nebraska 2nd of 3, /19 at Oklahoma w/ Penn State 2nd of 3, /26 UIC W, /1 at Big Ten Championships 1st of 6, /14 at NCAA Team Qualifier 2nd of 6, /15 at NCAA Team Finals 3rd of 6, HEAD COACH: JUSTIN SPRING 28-2 BIG TEN: FIRST NCAA: FIRST 1/14 at Windy City Invitational 2nd of 6, /21 at Iowa W, /28 Michigan/Oklahoma 1st of 3, /2-2/4 at Winter Cup Challenge NTS 2/11 UIC W, /18 at Penn State L, /2 Ohio State W, /11 at Nebraska w/ Minnesota 1st of 3, /17 at Iowa W, /6 at Big Ten Championships 1st of 7, /19 at NCAA Team Qualifier 1st of 6, /20 at NCAA Team Finals 1st of 6, ALL-TIME SERIES RECORDS AA All-Stars 2-0 Air Force Arizona State 21-5 Army Ball State 9-0 Berwyn Sokol 1-0 Brazilian National Team 1-0 Brigham Young 3-1 California California-Fullerton 6-3 California- Santa Barbara 15-1 Central Michigan 1-0 Central Missouri State 1-0 Chicago Chicago Sokol 2-0 Chicago Turners 1-0 Chicago YMCA 3-0 Cincinnati 2-0 Cleveland 0-1 Colorado 2-1 Colorado State 1-0 Columbus YMCA 1-0 Denison 1-0 Denver 0-3 Detroit 0-1 Eastern Illinois 6-2 Eastern Montana 1-0 Florida 1-0 Florida State 5-2 George Williams 6-1 Germania-Turner 2-0 Houston Baptist 6-3 Illinois-Chicago Illinois State 13-8 Indiana Indiana State Iowa Iowa State 6-10 Japanese All-Stars 0-5 Kansas 0-1 Kansas State 1-0 Kent State 10-2 Louisiana State 3-5 Maryland 1-0 Massachusetts 5-0 Memphis State 3-0 *BOLD indicates active DI men s gymnastics programs. Michigan Michigan State Minnesota Morton Junior College 3-0 Navy Nebraska New Mexico 12-8 Northern Illinois Northern Iowa 1-0 Northwestern 9-0 Ohio 7-1 Ohio State Ohio Wesleyan 2-1 Oklahoma Oregon 0-7 Pennsylvania 0-2 Penn State Pittsburgh 2-0 Purdue 11-8 Purdue Club 1-0 San Jose State 3-0 Slippery Rock 1-0 Stanford St. Cloud State 1-0 St. Louis YMCA 2-0 Southern Illinois-Carbondale Southern Illinois-Normal 7-0 Soviets 0-1 Swedish Olympic Team 0-2 Swiss Club 0-2 Syracuse Temple Triangular American Gym Union 1-0 Turner-Normal 3-1 UCLA 8-16 USC 4-4 Washington 8-0 Western Illinois 3-0 Western Michigan 21-0 Wheaton 10-0 William and Mary Wisconsin Wisconsin- LaCrosse 1-0 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 5-0 Wisconsin-Stout 2-0 * All-Time records against include invitational and postseason competitions (Big Tens, Regionals, NCAAs) as well as duals. *According to Illinois records, the first year of organized men s gymnastics was in All-time results are as accurate as Illinois sports archives have allowed. For some seasons, accurate records of opponents and tournament fields were unavailable. All-Time Results Key NA: Not Applicable; either there were insufficient results and records kept for the specific season or the event was not a team scoring event. DNA: Did Not Advance; at NCAAs after 1968, a select number of teams had to qualify before advancing to the final round where the national champion was decided. In 1968, four teams advanced to the final round. From , three teams advanced, while in 2000, the format changed to the present day system of six teams advancing to the final round to contend for the team national title. *Note: Starting in 1982, UI-Chicago Circle became known as Illinois-Chicago after its medical campus and main campus joined to form one institution. *BOLD indicates active DI men s gymnastics programs. * All-Time records against include invitational and postseason competitions (Big Tens, Regionals, NCAAs) as well as duals. *According to Illinois records, the first year of organized men s gymnastics was in All-time results are as accurate as Illinois sports archives have allowed. For some seasons, accurate records of opponents and tournament fields were unavailable ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 24

25 AWARDS / RECORDS ALL-TIME TITLES LEADERS TOP-10 ALL-TIME TITLES COMPETITORS FX PH SR VT PB HB AA TOTAL 1. Chalie Lakes Travis Romagnoli Paul Ruggeri Abie Grossfeld David Zeddies Justin Spring Dave Romero Chris McKee Hal Shaw Daniel Ribeiro TOP-10 SINGLE-SEASON TITLES COMPETITORS... YR... TITLES 1. Charlie Lakes Charlie Lakes Abie Grossfeld Travis Romagnoli Travis Romagnoli David Zeddies David Zeddies Justin Spring Abie Grossfeld Charlie Lakes ALL-TIME FLOOR SINGLE-SEASON FLOOR ALL-TIME POMMEL HORSE SINGLE-SEASON POMMEL HORSE COMPETITORS TITLES 1. Chris McKee Paul Hunt Abie Grossfeld Hal Shaw Chad Wiest Justin Spring Ray Hadley Paul Ruggeri Charlie Lakes Adam Pummer Travis Romagnoli 10 COMPETITORS TITLES/YR 1. Chris McKee 12/ Chris McKee 10/ Justin Spring 8/ Paul Hunt 8/ Abie Grossfeld 8/ Ray Hadley 7/ Abie Grossfeld 7/ Chad Wiest 6/ Charlie Lakes 6/ Paul Hunt 6/ Hal Shaw 6/ Hal Shaw 6/1967 COMPETITORS TITLES 1. Daniel Ribeiro Ken Barr Joe Ledvora Kevin Oltendorf Ben Newman Butch Zunich Dave Stoldt Frank Bare Harry Koehnemann Howard Beck 15 COMPETITORS TITLES/YR 1. Daniel Ribeiro 14/ Daniel Ribeiro 10/ Butch Zunich 10/ Ken Barr 10/ Daniel Ribeiro 9/ Daniel Ribeiro 9/ Dominick Minicucci 9/ Joe Ledvora 9/ Joe Ledvora 9/ Ken Barr 9/ Ken Barr 9/1970 ALL-TIME STILL RINGS SINGLE-SEASON STILL RINGS ALL-TIME VAULT SINGLE-SEASON VAULT COMPETITORS TITLES 1. Dave Romero Kevin McMurchie Tyler Yamauchi Brian Kobylinski Abie Grossfeld David Zeddies Pat Bird Bob Sullivan John Davis C.J. MAESTAS Leo Oka Steve Yasukawa Lou Fina 8 COMPETITORS TITLES/YR 1. Pat Bird 9/ Abie Grossfeld 9/ C.J. MAESTAS 8/ Brian Kobylinski 8/ Dave Romero 8/ Kevin McMurchie 8/ Dave Romero 7/ David Zeddies 7/ Wayne Wagner 7/ Abie Grossfeld 7/ Jack Sharp 7/ Ricardo Torres 7/1934 COMPETITORS TITLES 1. Hal Shaw Travis Romagnoli Charlie Lakes Paul Ruggeri Gilberto Albuquerque Chris McKee Adam Pummer David Zeddies Gilmarcio Sanches Jack McCarthy 9 COMPETITORS TITLES/YR 1. Hal Shaw 12/ Travis Romagnoli 10/ Hal Shaw 10/ Jack McCarthy 9/ Charlie Lakes 8/ Hal Shaw 8/ Paul Ruggeri 7/ Gilberto Albuquerque 7/ Travis Romagnoli 6/ Chris McKee 6/ Charlie Lakes 6/ Gilmarcio Sanches 6/ Charlie Lakes 6/ Carl Antoniolli 6/1978 ALL-TIME PARALLEL BARS SINGLE-SEASON PARALLEL BARS ALL-TIME HIGH BAR SINGLE-SEASON HIGH BAR COMPETITORS TITLES 1. Charlie Lakes Justin Spring Gene Kalin Abie Grossfeld Cook Rollo Frank Dolan Travis Romagnoli Caton Cobb Paul Ruggeri Kari Samsten 10 COMPETITORS TITLES/YR 1. Abie Grossfeld 10/ Charlie Lakes 9/ Justin Spring 8/ Justin Spring 7/ Charlie Lakes 7/ Gene Kalin 7/ Cook Rollo 7/ Travis Romagnoli 6/ Tom Gardner 6/ Frank Dolan 6/ Caton Cobb 6/ Caton Cobb 6/1941 COMPETITORS TITLES 1. Charlie Lakes Paul Ruggeri David Zeddies Travis Romagnoli Abie Grossfeld Greg McGlaun Justin Spring Kari Samsten Chuck Weber William Karpen 13 COMPETITORS TITLES/YR 1. Charlie Lakes 13/ Paul Ruggeri 9/ Charlie Lakes 9/ Charlie Lakes 9/ Abie Grossfeld 9/ Justin Spring 8/ Travis Romagnoli 7/ Greg McGlaun 7/ Greg McGlaun 7/ David Zeddies 7/ David Zeddies 7/ Steve Yasukawa 7/ Reymond Stuermer 7/1937 ALL-TIME ALL-AROUND COMPETITORS TITLES 1. Charlie Lakes Travis Romagnoli David Zeddies Wes Haagensen Paul Ruggeri Ricardo Cheriel 9 6. Steve Yasukawa 9 8. Kari Samsten 8 8. Bob Swonick 8 8. Bill Silhan 8 SINGLE-SEASON ALL-AROUND COMPETITORS TITLES/YR 1. Charlie Lakes 11/ Charlie Lakes 10/ Travis Romagnoli 9/ Travis Romagnoli 7/ David Zeddies 7/ Bill Silhan 7/ David Zeddies 6/ Carl Antoniolli 6/ C.J. MAESTAS 5/ Wes Haagensen 5/ Travis Romagnoli 5/ Dominick Minicucci 5/ Steve Yasukawa 5/ Bob Swonick 5/1971 Current gymnasts are in BOLD CAPS. Current coaches are in BOLD. Includes titles from every regular and postseason meet (two Big Ten Championships sessions and three NCAA Championships sessions). Since 2004, includes both days of the U.S. Winter Cup Challenge due to a shortened schedule. Records unavailable: 1993 Windy City Invitational New Mexico UIC/Iowa UC-Santa Barbara/Michigan Western Michigan NCAA East Regional 2013 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 25

26 AWARDS / RECORDS INTERNATIONAL // NCAA HONORS ILLINOIS OLYMPIANS COMPETITOR YEAR *Paul Fina 1940 Abie Grossfeld 1956 Abie Grossfeld 1960 Don Tonry 1960 Dominick Minicucci 1988 Charles Lakes 1988 Dominick Minicucci 1992 Justin Spring 2008 (Bronze Medal-team) *Fina made the Olympic team, but because of WWII, the Olympics were canceled. INTERNATIONAL COMPETITORS NAME COMPETITIONS Gilberto Albuquerque 1980 World Championships Pan American Games Yuval Ayalon 1994, 96 European Championships , 96, 97 World Championships European Championships World University Games Victor Feinstein 1978 World Championships European Championships Wes Haagensen 2009 World Championships (London) Pan American Championships Steve Juengart 1984 South African Cup Charles Lakes 1985 Chunichi Cup Goodwill Games Hungarian International Invite World Championships Summer Olympics Goncalo Macedo 1993, 94 World Championships , 95 World University Games European Championships C.J. Maestas Cottbus Challenge Cup Pan American Games Emilio Marrero 1989 World Sports Fair Golden Sands Invitational Dominick Minicucci 1988 China Cup International , 92 Summer Olympics Tigran Mkchyan 1985 Canada International Inv Moncado Cup Tyler Mizoguchi 2011 Puerto Rico Cup Kyle Shewfelt Gymnastics Festival Pan American Games Ben Newman 2005 Maccabiah Games Leo Oka 1999 China International Motor Cup David Pearlstein 1993 Maccabiah Games Adam Pummer 2004 Taipai International Invitational Raul Rodriguez 1983 Pan American Games Travis Romagnoli 1997 World Championships David Romero 1982 Central American Games World Championships Pan American Games Paul Ruggeri 2010 Moscow World Stars Japan Cup Pan American Games Cottbus World Cup Kari Samsten 1978 European Championships World Championships Scandinavian Championships World Championships Gilmarcio Sanches 1981 Pan American Games World Championships Central American Games Andres Saavedra 2004 World Cup Bolivarian Games , 06 South American Games Pan American Games World Championships Chris Silcox 2007 World University Games Justin Spring 2003 World University Games American Cup World Championships Ghent World Cup (Belgium) Moscow World Cup (Russia) Pan American Games Olympic Games Tyler Yamauchi 2007 World University Games Kyle Zak 1999 China International Motor Cup David Zeddies 1988 World Sports Fair ILLINI NISSEN-EMERY AWARD NOMINEES & WINNERS (The Nissen-Emery Award is given annually, since 1966, to the nation s top senior male gymnast) GYMNAST YEAR Butch Zunich 1980 Steve Lechner 1981 Joe Ledvora 1986 Tigran Mkchyan1988 David Zeddies Ricardo Cheriel 1993 Brian Kobylinski 1995 Jon Corbitt1998 Kyle Zak 1999 Travis Romagnoli 2000 Leo Oka 2001 J.G. Ketchen 2002 Bob Rogers 2004 Ben Newman2005 Justin Spring Wes Haagensen2008 Luke Stannard Daniel Ribeiro 2011 Paul Ruggeri * Bold indicates award winners NATIONAL CHAMPIONS (Since 1938) *Side horse is the modern day pommel horse, with the official name change coming in 1972, while long horse became known as vault in Still Rings took the place of flying rings ( ) officially in 1958, while free exercise became known as floor exercise in YEAR NAME EVENT 1938 Joseph Giallombardo All-Around Joseph Giallombardo Tumbling Joseph Giallombardo Flying Rings 1939 Joseph Giallombardo All-Around Joseph Giallombardo Tumbling Marvin Forman Long Horse 1940 Paul Fina All-Around Harry KoehnemannSide Horse Joseph Giallombardo Tumbling Joseph Giallombardo All-Around 1941 Caton Cobb Side Horse Caton Cobb Parallel Bars Jack Adkins Tumbling 1942 Caton Cobb Side Horse 1948 Gay Hughes Trampoline Joe Calvetti High Bar 1950 Irving BedardTumbling 1952 Frank Bare Side Horse Bob SullivanTumbling 1953 Bob Sullivan Floor Exercise 1954 Dick Browning Tumbling 1956 Don TonryAll-Around Dan Lirot Tumbling 1957 Frank Hailand Tumbling Abie Grossfeld High Bar John Davis Side Horse 1958 Abie Grossfeld High Bar Abie Grossfeld All-Around Abie Grossfeld Floor Exercise Frank Hailand Tumbling 1959 Don TonryFloor Exercise 1960 Alvin BaraschTumbling Ray HadleyFloor Exercise 1962 Mike AufrechtSide Horse 1963 Hal HolmesTumbling 1969 John McCarthy Long Horse 1980 Dave Stoldt Pommel Horse 1984 Charles Lakes High Bar 1998 Travis RomagnoliAll-Around Travis RomagnoliVault 2004 Bob RogersPommel Horse Justin Spring High Bar 2005 Justin Spring Parallel Bars 2006 Justin Spring Parallel Bars Justin Spring High Bar 2008 Paul Ruggeri High Bar 2009 Paul Ruggeri High Bar, Parallel Bars Daniel Ribeiro Pommel Horse 2011 Tyler Mizoguchi Parallel Bars Daniel Ribeiro Pommel Horse 2012 C.J. Maestas... Still Rings Paul Ruggeri Vault ALL-AMERICANS (Since 1938) *Side horse is the modern day pommel horse, with the official name change coming in 1972, while long horse became known as vault in Still Rings took the place of flying rings ( ) officially in 1958, while free exercise became known as floor exercise in YEAR NAME EVENT 1938 Joseph Giallombardo All-Around Joseph Giallombardo Tumbling Joseph Giallombardo Flying Rings Joseph Giallombardo Rope Climb Joseph Giallombardo Long Horse Joseph Giallombardo Side Horse Bill Goldie Tumbling Ray Weiss Tumbling 1939 Joseph Giallombardo All-Around Joseph Giallombardo Tumbling Joseph Giallombardo Long Horse Joseph Giallombardo Parallel Bars Joseph Giallombardo Side Horse Bill Goldie Tumbling Paul Fina All-Around Paul Fina Parallel Bars Marvin Forman Long Horse John Dallenbach Rope Climb Ray Weis Tumbling Harold Brown Rope Climb 1940 John Cress Rope Climb John Cress High Bar John Cress Tumbling Louis Fina All-Around Louis Fina Long Horse Louis Fina Flying Rings Louis Fina High Bar Paul Fina All-Around Paul Fina Parallel Bars Paul Fina High Bar Joseph Giallombardo All-Around Joseph Giallombardo Tumbling Joseph Giallombardo Side Horse Joseph Giallombardo Parallel Bars Joseph Giallombardo Long Horse Bill Goldie Tumbling Harry Koehnemann Side Horse Harry Koehnemann Rope Climb Ray Weiss Tumbling Ray Weiss Flying Rings 1941 Jack Adkins Tumbling Jim Baley Long Horse Harold Brown Rope Climb Caton Cobb Side Horse Caton Cobb Parallel Bars Caton Cobb All-Around Caton Cobb Floor Exercise Louis Fina All-Around Louis Fina Tumbling Louis Fina High Bar Louis Fina Flying Rings Louis Fina Floor Exercise Louis Fina Side Horse Louis Fina Long Horse Paul Fina All-Around Paul Fina Flying Rings Paul Fina Parallel Bars Paul Fina Floor Exercise Harry Koehnemann Side Horse 1942 Jack Adkins Long Horse Jack Adkins Tumbling Jack Adkins All-Around Caton Cobb Side Horse Caton Cobb Long Horse Caton Cobb Parallel Bars Caton Cobb All-Around Louis Fina Long Horse Louis Fina Flying Rings Louis Fina All-Around Ollie Phillips Tumbling 1948 Joe Calvettie High Bar Joe Fina Tumbling 2013 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 26

27 AWARDS / RECORDS NCAA HONORS Gay Hughes Trampoline Don Von Ebers Trampoline Vito Zinzi Side Horse Vito Zinzi Long Horse 1949 Frank Dolan All-Around Frank Dolan Parallel Bars Joe Fina Tumbling Gay Hughes Trampoline Jack Sharp Flying Rings 1950 William Barnes Tumbling Irving Bedard Tumbling Irving Bedard Tumbling Frank Dolan High Bar Frank Dolan Parallel Bars Joe Fina Tumbling Gay Hughes Trampoline 1951 Irv Bedard All-Around Irv Bedard Tumbling Edwin Houser Rope Climb Bruce Sidlinger Trampoline Bob Sullivan All-Around Bob Sullivan Tumbling Bob Sullivan Long Horse Bob Sullivan Flying Rings 1952 Frank Bare Side Horse Wally Cryer Trampoline Edwin Houser Rope Climb Bob Sullivan All-Around Bob Sullivan Tumbling Bob Sullivan Flying Rings 1953 Jeff Austin Trampoline Frank Bare Side Horse Frank Bare Parallel Bars Frank Bare All-Around Gil Brinkmeyer All-Around Bob Sullivan Tumbling Bob Sullivan Floor Exercise 1954 Jeff Austin Tumbling Jeff Austin Trampoline Dick Browning Tumbling Dick Browning Trampoline Tom Gardner All-Around Tom Gardner Side Horse Tom Gardner Parallel Bars Tom Gardner Still Rings Tom Gardner Long Horse Tom Gardner All-Around 1955 Jeff Austin Floor Exercise Jeff Austin Trampoline Jeff Austin Tumbling Jon Culbertson Side Horse Tom Gardner Parallel Bars Tom Gardner Side Horse Tom Gardner All-Around Tom Gardner Long Horse Tony Hlinka High Bar Tony Hlinka All-Around Tony Hlinka Long Horse Richard Jirus Parallel Bars Richard Jirus Long Horse Don Lirot Tumbling Eric Statten Rope Climb 1956 Gavin Blair All-Around Gavin Blair Side Horse Gavin Blair High Bar Jon Culbertson Side Horse Jon Culbertson High Bar Frank Hailand Tumbling Frank Hailand Trampoline Mike Karon Trampoline Dan Lirot Tumbling Eric Statton Rope Climb Don Tonry Parallel Bars Don Tonry All-Around Don Tonry High Bar 1957 John Davis Side Horse Abie Grossfeld High Bar Abie Grossfeld Parallel Bars Abie Grossfeld All-Around Abie Grossfeld Floor Exercise Frank Hailand Tumbling Allan Harvey Tumbling Mike Karon Tumbling 1958 John Davis Side Horse Abie Grossfeld High Bar Abie Grossfeld All-Around Abie Grossfeld Floor Exercise Abie Grossfeld Parallel Bars Frank Hailand Tumbling Allan Harvey Tumbling 1959 Abie Grossfeld Floor Exercise Abie Grossfeld Parallel Bars Abie Grossfeld Still Rings Abie Grossfeld All-Around Don Tonry All-Around Don Tonry Floor Exercise Don Tonry Side Horse Don Tonry High Bar Don Tonry Parallel Bars Don Tonry Still Rings 1960 Alvin Barasch Tumbling Pat Bird Still Rings Ray Hadley All-Around Ray Hadley Floor Exercise Ray Hadley Side Horse Ray Hadley Parallel Bars Bill Lawler Side Horse 1961 Mike Aufrecht Side Horse Bill Lawler Side Horse Dale Grace Floor Exercise Bob Cason Tumbling John Salter Long Horse Bob Glomb Trampoline 1962 Mike Aufrecht Side Horse Bob Glomb Tumbling Ray Hadley All-Around Ray Hadley Long Horse Ray Hadley Floor Exercise Ray Hadley Side Horse Hal Holmes Tumbling 1963 Hal Holmes Tumbling 1967 Gary Holveck Trampoline Steve Chapple Trampoline 1968 Hal Shaw Long Horse 1969 John McCarthy Long Horse 1970 Ken Barr Side Horse Gene Kalin Parallel Bars 1971 Paul Hunt Floor Exercise Ken Barr Pommel Horse 1972 Ken Barr Pommel Horse Greg Fenske Parallel Bars 1978 Dave Stoldt Pommel Horse 1979 John Davis Still Rings Butch Zunich Pommel Horse 1980 Dave Stoldt Pommel Horse Butch Zunich Pommel Horse Kevin McMurchie Still Rings 1982 Kari Samsten High Bar 1983 Kevin McMurchie Still Rings 1984 Charles Lakes High Bar Charles Lakes All-Around Joe Levdora Pommel Horse 1985 Charles Lakes Parallel Bars 1987 David Romero Still Rings 1988 David Zeddies All-Around Dominick Minicucci Pommel Horse Chris McKee Floor Exercise 1989 David Zeddies Floor Exercise David Zeddies Still Rings David Zeddies High Bar Chris McKee Floor Exercise Chris McKee Vault 1991 Lee Wolochuk Pommel Horse 1993 Brian Kobylinski Still Rings 1995 Jeremiah Landry Pommel Horse 1997 Greg McGlaun High Bar Travis Romagnoli All-Around Travis Romagnoli Vault 1998 Travis Romagnoli All-Around Travis Romagnoli Vault Travis Romagnoli High Bar Travis Romagnoli Parallel Bars Travis Romagnoli Floor Exercise Kyle Zak Floor Exercise 1999 Leo Oka All-Around 2000 Travis Romagnoli All Around Travis Romagnoli High Bar Leo Oka All-Around 2001 Leo Oka All-Around Linh Hoang Still Rings 2002 J.G. Ketchen Still Rings Peter Shostchuk Pommel Horse 2013 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // Bob Rogers Floor Exercise Peter Shostchuk Pommel Horse Justin Spring Floor Exercise Justin Spring Parallel Bars Justin Spring High Bar Scott Wetterling High Bar 2004 Ben Newman Pommel Horse Adam Pummer Floor Exercise Adam Pummer Vault Bob Rogers Pommel Horse Peter Shostchuk Pommel Horse Justin Spring Parallel Bars Justin Spring High Bar 2005 Adam Pummer Floor Exercise Adam Pummer Vault Adam Pummer Parallel Bars Adam Pummer High Bar Justin Spring Parallel Bars Justin Spring High Bar Justin Spring All-Around Peter Shostchuk Pommel Horse Tyler Yamauchi Still Rings 2006 Ross Bradley High Bar Ted Brown Pommel Horse Wes Haagensen All-Around Wes Haagensen Floor Exercise Wes Haagensen Parallel Bars Chris Lung Pommel Horse Adam Pummer Floor Exercise Adam Pummer Parallel Bars Justin Spring All-Around Justin Spring Floor Exercise Justin Spring Vault Justin Spring Parallel Bars Justin Spring High Bar Tyler Yamauchi Still Rings 2007 Wes Haagensen All-Around Wes Haagensen High Bar Wes Haagensen Floor Exercise Chris Silcox High Bar Chad Wiest Floor Exercise Tyler Yamauchi Floor Exercise 2008 Jon Drollinger Still Rings Ross Bradley High Bar Wes Haagensen Parallel Bars Brian Liscovitz Parallel Bars Daniel Ribeiro Pommel Horse Paul Ruggeri Floor Exercise Paul Ruggeri High Bar Paul Ruggeri Vault Tyler Yamauchi Vault 2009 Roger Pasek Floor Exercise Daniel Ribeiro Pommel Horse Paul Ruggeri Floor Exercise Paul Ruggeri Parallel Bars Paul Ruggeri High Bar Paul Ruggeri All-Around 2010 Tyler Mizoguchi All-Around Anthony Sacramento Still Rings Luke Stannard Pommel Horse Chad Wiest Floor Exercise Tyler Williamson Still Rings 2011 Tyler Mizoguchi All-Around Tyler Mizoguchi Parallel Bars C.J. Padera Parallel Bars Daniel Ribeiro Pommel Horse Anthony Sacramento Still Rings 2012 C.J. Maestas... All-Around C.J. Maestas... Pommel Horse C.J. Maestas... Still Rings Chad Mason....Pommel Horse Yoshi Mori... All-Around Yoshi Mori...Pommel Horse Austin Phillips... High Bar Paul Ruggeri Vault Paul Ruggeri Parallel Bars Anthony Sacramento Still Rings Jordan Valdez... High Bar NCAA GYMNAST OF THE WEEK by College Gymnastics Association by Inside Gymnastics Magazine until Justin Spring 3/1/04 Justin Spring 2/17/04

28 AWARDS / RECORDS NCAA HONORS // BIG TEN HONORS Justin Spring 2/3/ Wes Haagensen 1/24/ Wes Haagensen 1/17/ Paul Ruggeri /18/10 Paul Ruggeri /15/10 Paul Ruggeri December Tyler Mizoguchi 1/31/ C.J. Maestas.... 1/16/2012 Paul Ruggeri /6/2012 NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR 2012 Justin Spring NATIONAL ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR 2004 Jon Valdez 2012 Ivan Ivankov, Daniel Ribeiro CENTRAL REGION COACH OF THE YEAR 2010 Justin Spring 2011 Justin Spring CENTRAL REGION ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR 2009 Justin Spring, Ivan Ivankov 2010 Ivan Ivankov 2011 Ivan Ivankov, Luke Stannard 2012 Ivan Ivankov, Daniel Ribeiro BIG TEN CHAMPIONS *Side horse is the modern day pommel horse, with the official name change coming in 1972, while long horse became known as vault in Still Rings took the place of flying rings ( ) officially in 1958, while free exercise became known as floor exercise in YEAR NAME EVENT 1910 E.B. Styles All-Around 1911 E.B. Styles All-Around 1912 E.B. Styles All-Around 1920 A.W. Ziegler All-Around 1928 W.J. Fulton Tumbling 1929 Richard C. Oeler Pommel Horse 1930 E.L. Reiter Parallel Bars 1931 W. Cherry Tumbling 1932 Jospeh Rehor Jr.High Bar E. Zitzler Pommel Horse R. Cadle Tumbling 1933 R. Cadle Tumbling 1935 Joseph Rehor Jr.High Bar Leonard WaymanParallel Bars Arthur Fisher Tumbling 1936 Arthur Fisher Tumbling 1938 Joe Giallombardo Tumbling Joe GiallombardoAll-Around 1939 Paul Fina High Bar Paul FinaParallel Bars Joe Giallombardo Tumbling Joe GiallombardoAll-Around Harry Koehnemann Side Horse 1940 Harry Koehnemann Side Horse Joe Giallombardo Tumbling Joe GiallombardoParallel Bar John Cress Jr. High Bar 1941 Earl ShankenLong Horse Caton Cobb High Bar Caton Cobb Parallel Bars Harry Koehnemann Side Horse Paul FinaFlying Rings Jack Adkins Tumbling 1942 Caton Cobb Side Horse Caton Cobb High Bar Caton Cobb Parallel Bars Jack Adkins Tumbling Paul FinaLong Horse 1947 Vito Zinzi Side Horse J. O Heron Long Horse 1948 Joe Calvetti High Bar Vito Zinzi Side Horse Vito Zinzi Long Horse Joe Fina Floor Exercise Irvin Bedard Tumbling 1949 Joe Calvetti High Bar Jack SharpFlying Rings 1950 Frank DolanPommel Horse Frank Dolan All-Around Frank DolanHigh Bar Irv Bedard Tumbling Richard Palmer Flying Rings 1951 Bob Sullivan Long Horse Bob Sullivan Tumbling Bruce Sidlinger Trampoline Frank Dolan Pommel Horse 1952 Bob Sullivan Tumbling Bob Sullivan All-Around Bob Sullivan Floor Exercise Frank BarePommel Horse 1953 Bob Sullivan Floor Exercise Bob Sullivan Long Horse 1954 Frank BarePommel Horse Tom Gardner Parallel Bars Jeff Austin Floor Exercise 1955 Jeff Austin Tumbling Jeff Austin Floor Exercise Tom Gardner Parallel Bars 1956 Dan Lirot Tumbling Don Tonry All-Around Gavin Blair Pommel Horse 1957 Abie Grossfeld All-Around Abie Grossfeld Floor Exercise Abie Grossfeld High Bar Frank Hailand Tumbling 1958 Abie Grossfeld Parallel Bars Abie Grossfeld All-Around Frank Hailand Tumbling 1959 Abie Grossfeld All-Around Abie Grossfeld Still Rings Don Tonry Floor Exercise 1960 Ray HadleyAll-Around Ray Hadley Floor Exercise Al Barasch Tumbling Pat Bird Still Rings 1961 Ray HadleyFloor Exercise Hal Holmes Tumbling Bill Lawler Pommel Horse 1962 Ray Hadley All-Around Ray HadleyHigh Bar Hal Holmes Tumbling Bill Lawler Pommel Horse 1963 Hal Holmes Tumbling 1965 Tom Hurt Long Horse 1966 Hal ShawLong Horse 1967 Hal ShawLong Horse 1969 Jack McCarthy Long Horse 1971 Ken Barr Pommel Horse Paul Hunt Floor Exercise 1972 Ken Barr Pommel Horse Gregg Fenske Parallel Bars 1973 Gregg Fenske Parallel Bars 1975 Howard Beck Pommel Horse 1978 Steve Yasukawa High Bar Butch ZunichPommel Horse John Davis Still Rings 1979 Dave Stoldt Pommel Horse 1980 Dave Stoldt Pommel Horse 1982 Gilberto Albuquerque Vault Kevin Oltendorf Pommel Horse 1983 Kevin Oltendorf Pommel Horse Frank RoschStill Rings 1984 Charles Lakes All-Around Charles Lakes Vault Joe Ledvora Pommel Horse 1985 Charles Lakes All-Around Charles Lakes Parallel Bars Charles Lakes Vault Charles Lakes High Bar 1986 Joe Ledvora Pommel Horse Steve JuengertStill Rings David Zeddies High Bar 1988 Dominick Minicucci All-Around Dominick Minicucci Pommel Horse David Zeddies Still Rings 1989 David Zeddies Parallel Bars Mike MingleHigh Bar Chris McKeeVault Chris McKeeFloor Exercise David Romero Still Rings 1992 Ricardo Cheriel High Bar (tie) 1994 Brian Kobylinski Still Rings 1995 Jeremiah Landry Pommel Horse 1997 Travis Romagnoli Vault 1998 Travis Romagnoli High Bar 2003 Ben Newman Pommel Horse 2004 Ben Newman Pommel Horse Justin Spring Floor Exercise 2005 Ted Brown Pommel Horse Ben Newman Pommel Horse 2006 Justin Spring All-Around Justin Spring Parallel Bars 2007 Wes Haagensen All-Around Tyler Yamauchi Vault 2008 Wes Haagensen High Bar Daniel Ribeiro Pommel Horse 2009 Luke Stannard Pommel Horse Paul Ruggeri Floor Exercise Paul Ruggeri Parallel Bars 2010 C.J. Padera Parallel Bars Daniel Ribeiro Pommel Horse Paul Ruggeri Vault Paul Ruggeri High Bar 2011 Daniel Ribeiro Pommel Horse Chad Wiest Floor Exercise 2012 C.J. Maestas All-Around Paul Ruggeri Floor Exercise Paul Ruggeri Vault BIG TEN GYMNAST OF THE YEAR Since David Zeddies 1998 Travis Romagnoli 2006 Justin Spring 2007 Wes Haagensen 2012 C.J. Maestas BIG TEN COACH OF THE YEAR Since Yoshi Hayasaki 1989 Yoshi Hayasaki 2004 Yoshi Hayasaki 2009 Yoshi Hayasaki 2010 Justin Spring 2011 Justin Spring 2012 Justin Spring BIG TEN FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Since Dominick Minicucci 1995 Yuval Ayalon 2005 Wes Haagensen 2010 Yoshi Mori 2012 C.J. Maestas ALL-BIG TEN Since Joe Ledvora, Gilmarcio Sanchez, Charles Lakes 1985 Charles Lakes 1986 Steve Juengert, David Romero David Zeddies 1987 (David Romero, Chris McKee) 1988 David Zeddies,Dominick Minicucci, (Tigran Mkchyan, Chris McKee) 1989 David Romero, David Zeddies, Chris McKee, Mike Mingle 1990 (David Romero) 1991 (Ricardo Cheriel) 1992 Ricardo Cheriel 1993 (Ricardo Cheriel) 1994 Brian Kobylinski 1995 Jeremiah Landry, (Yuval Ayalon) 1996 (Yuval Ayalon) 1997 Travis Romagnoli, (Yuval Ayalon) 1998 Travis Romagnoli 1999 Leo Oka 2001 Linh Hoang, Leo Oka 2003 Ben Newman 2013 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 28

29 AWARDS / RECORDS BIG TEN // ACADEMIC HONORS 2004 Ben Newman, Justin Spring 2005 Ted Brown, Ben Newman, (Justin Spring) 2006 Justin Spring, Wes Haagensen 2007 Wes Haagensen, Tyler Yamauchi 2008 Wes Haagensen, Daniel Ribeiro, Paul Ruggeri, Tyler Yamauchi 2009 Luke Stannard, Paul Ruggeri 2010 Brian Liscovitz, C.J. Padera, Daniel Ribeiro, Paul Ruggeri 2011 Tyler Mizoguchi, Daniel Ribeiro, Chad Wiest 2012 C.J. Maestas, Paul Ruggeri BIG TEN GYMNAST OF THE WEEK Since Brian Kubylinski 1/1994 Brian Kubylinski 2/ Travis Romagnoli 1/1998 Travis Romagnoli 2/ Leo Oka /17/99 Travis Romagnoli 3/9/99 Travis Romagnoli 2/17/99 Travis Romagnoli 2/10/ Leo Oka /12/ Leo Oka /17/ Bob Rogers 2/11/ Justin Spring 3/8/04 Justin Spring 3/1/04 Justin Spring 2/18/04 Justin Spring 2/4/04 Justin Spring 1/28/ Ben Newman 2/16/05 Tyler Yamauchi 3/8/ Justin Spring 3/1/06 Wes Haagensen 3/8/06 Adam Pummer 3/15/ Wes Haagensen 1/17/07 Tyler Yamauchi 3/17/ Paul Ruggeri /12/08 Paul Ruggeri /19/08 Wes Haagensen 3/11/ Paul Ruggeri /9/ Paul Ruggeri /18/10 Paul Ruggeri /15/10 Daniel Ribeiro 2/22/10 Paul Ruggeri /8/ Paul Ruggeri /17/11 Paul Ruggeri /24/11 Tyler Mizoguchi 1/31/11 Daniel Ribeiro 2/7/11 Tyler Mizoguchi 2/21/11 Tyler Mizoguchi 3/21/11 Austin Phillips.... 3/28/ C.J. Maestas... 1/23/12 Paul Ruggeri /30/12 Paul Ruggeri /6/12 Paul Ruggeri /5/12 BIG TEN FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK 2010 Yoshi Mori.... 1/18/10 Yoshi Mori.... 2/1/10 Yoshi Mori.... 2/22/10 Yoshi Mori.... 3/15/ Jordan Valdez... 1/31/11 Alex Varga.... 3/28/ C.J. Maestas... 1/16/12 C.J. Maestas... 1/23/12 C.J. Maestas... 2/20/12 C.J. Maestas... 3/5/12 C.J. Maestas... 3/12/12 C.J. Maestas... 3/19/12 COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS 1999 Travis Romagnoli (GTE/CoSIDA) 2000 Travis Romagnoli (GTE/CoSIDA) Leo Oka (GTE/CoSIDA) 2004 Bob Rogers (First Team CoSIDA) COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT 2004 Bob Rogers (First Team) Ben Newman (Second Team) 2005 Ben Newman (Second Team) CGA ALL-AMERICA SCHOLAR-ATHLETE (Began in 1990) 1990 Mark Wolochuk, Lee Wolochuk 1991 George Linhart, Mark Wolochuk, Lee Wolochuk 1992 William Zopf 1993 Sean Henderson 1994 David Elkin 1995 Jeremiah Landry, Greg McGlaun, Jon Corbitt, Chris McGlone 1996 Jon Corbitt, Chris McGlone, Brad Panozzo, Greg McGlaun 1997 Jon Corbitt, Chris McGlone, Greg McGlaun, Brandon Tucker, Travis Romagnoli, Brad Panozzo 1998 Jon Corbitt, Brad Panozzo, Brandon Tucker, Travis Romagnoli, Greg Cook 1999 Travis Romagnoli, Greg Cook 2000 Travis Romagnoli, Leo Oka, Forest Flodin 2001 Leo Oka 2002 Erik Garnett, Ben Newman, Bob Rogers, Bob Spelic 2003 Erik Garnett, Ben Newman, Bob Rogers, Bob Spelic, Anthony Russo, Casey Hayasaki 2004 Erik Garnett, Ben Newman, Bob Rogers, Anthony Russo 2005 Jon Drollinger, Ben Newman, Anthony Russo 2006 Michael Boyer, Anthony Russo, Jon Drollinger, Chris Silcox, Kyle Padera, Chris Lung, Tyer Yamauchi 2007 Michael Boyer, Jon Drollinger, Chris Lung, Kyle Padera, Luke Stannard, Nick Stango, Tyler Yamauchi 2008 Ross Bradley, Michael Boyer, Jon Drollinger, Chris Lung, Luke Stannard, Chris Silcox, Kyle Padera, Tyler Yamauchi 2009 Chris Lung, Daniel Ribeiro, Paul Ruggeri, Anthony Sacramento, Nick Stango, Luke Stannard 2010 Yoshi Mori, Luke Stannard, Paul Ruggeri, Daniel Ribeiro, Anthony Sacramento, Chad Wiest 2011 Chad Wiest, Alex Varga, Anthony Sacramento, Max Portocarrero, Cole Smith, Cameron Rogers 2012 Alex Varga, Mike Wilner, Vince Smurro, Anthony Sacramento, Jordan Valdez BIG TEN MEDAL OF HONOR 1930 Richard C. Oeler 1936 Arthur Fishe 1959 Abie Grossfeld 1968 Paul Gary Shapin 1974 Howard Beck 1975 Howard Beck 1978 Steve Yasukawa 1979 John Davis 1980 Dave Stoldt 2000 Travis Romagnoli UI DIKE EDDLEMAN ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AWARD (Awarded to the top male and female UI Athlete each year) 1959 Abie Grossfeld 1963 Harold Holmes 1985 Charles Lakes 1989 David Zeddies 2004 Justin Spring 2006 Justin Spring 2009 Paul Ruggeri FIGHTING ILLINI NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR (Awarded annually to the top male and female UI freshman) 2012 C.J. Maestas FIGHTING ILLINI SPIRIT AWARD (Awarded annually at the UI Scholar-Athlete Banquet) 2004 Erik Garnett 2010 Luke Stannard 2011 Chad Wiest ILLINOIS OUTSTANDING SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AWARD (Awarded to a UI athlete with the highest GPA in each class) 2002 Erik Garnett - Sophomore Award 2003 Erik Garnett - Junior Award 2004 Erik Garnett - Senior Award 2012 Alex Varga - Sophomore Award 1987 Gary Anderson Andrew Dillon 1990 Lee Wolochuk 1991 Alan Hirsch Jeff Hoppe George Linhart Lee Wolochuk Matt Wolochuk 1992 David Elkin Bill Zopf 1993 David Elkin Kenneth Su 1994 David Elkin 1995 David Elkin Greg McGlaun Kenneth Su 1996 Jon Corbitt Yuval Ayalon Greg McGlaun Brad Panozzo 1997 Jon Corbitt Phillip Jones Greg McGlaun Chris McGlone Brad Panozzo Brandon Tucker 1998 Yuval Ayalon Cory Block Jon Corbitt Linh Hoang Phillip Jones Brad Panozzo Travis Romagnoli Brandon Tucker Eric Wills 1999 Greg Cook Matt Gill Paul Linnenburger Eric Nishimoto Leo Oka Travis Romagnoli Eric Wills 2000 Greg Cook Matt Gill Paul Linnenburger Eric Nishimoto Leo Oka 2001 Greg Cook Forest Flodin Paul Linnenburger Leo Oka Bob Spelic Travis Romagnoli 2002 Erik Garnett Johnathon Plante Bob Rogers Bob Spelic ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN 2003 Erik Garnett Casey Hayasaki Ben Newman Bob Rogers Bob Spelic 2004 Erik Garnett Casey Hayasaki Ben Newman Adam Pummer Bob Rogers Anthony Russo 2005 Ben Newman Anthony Russo 2006 Michael Boyer Jon Drollinger Wes Haagensen Anthony Russo Chris Silcox Tyler Yamauchi 2007 Michael Boyer Jon Drollinger Chris Lung Kyle Padera Chris Silcox Nick Stango Tyler Yamauchi 2008 Michael Boyer Ross Bradley Jon Drollinger Chris Lung Chris Silcox Luke Stannard Tyler Yamauchi 2009 Ross Bradley Nate Luketin Chris Lung Kyle Padera Paul Ruggeri Andres Saavedra Nick Stango Luke Stannard 2010 Daniel Ribeiro Paul Ruggeri Anthony Sacramento Luke Stannard Chad Wiest 2011 Kyle Moe Yoshi Mori Max Portocarrero Daniel Ribeiro Anthony Sacramento Chad Wiest 2012 Kyle Moe Yoshi Mori Cameron Rogers Anthony Sacramento Cole Smith Jordan Valdez Alex Varga 2013 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 29

30 AWARDS / RECORDS ILLINI RECORDS (THROUGH 2000) (Under College Code Scoring System) INDIVIDUAL RECORDS ALL-AROUND Charles Lakes UCLA Invitational, 2/22/ Travis Romagnoli Michigan/PSU, 1/31/ Travis Romagnoli Big Ten Championships, 3/20/ Travis Romagnoli Michigan State, 2/21/ David Zeddies Big Ten Championships, 3/26/88 FLOOR EXERCISE Chris McKee Big Ten Champships, 3/24/ Chris McKee UCLA Invitational, 2/13/ David Zeddies Houston Baptist, 2/5/ David Zeddies Windy City Invitational, 1/16/ Chris McKee Oklahoma, 3/11/ Chris McKee Northern Illinois, 2/19/ Chris McKee UC-Santa Barbara Invite, 2/12/88 POMMEL HORSE Jeremiah Landry Big Ten Championships, 3/25/ Jeremiah Landry Big Ten Championships, 3/24/ Dominick Minicucci at Michigan, 1/23/ Jeremiah Landry NCAA Regionals, 4/8/ Jeremiah Landry at Stanford, 3/11/ Ricardo Cheriel at Illinois-Chicago, 3/7/ Dominick Minicucci Quad Meet, 3/5/ Dave Stoldt Big Ten Championships, 3/7/80 STILL RINGS Brian Kobylinski at Minnesota, 2/18/ Brian Kobylinski at Michigan, 2/4/ Brian Kobylinski at Michigan, 3/12/ Brian Kobylinski at New Mexico, 3/6/ Brian Kobylinski at Illinois-Chicago, 3/4/ David Romero Big Ten Championships, 3/24/89 VAULT Linh Hoang at Ohio State, 2/5/ Travis Romagnoli NCAA East Regionals, 4/4/ Travis Romagnoli Big Ten Championships, 3/20/ Travis Romagnoli at UC-Santa Barbara Invite, 3/7/ Travis Romagnoli Illinois-Chicago, 2/28/ Travis Romagnoli Michigan/Penn State, 1/ Travis Romagnoli Iowa, 2/22/ Charles Lakes Nebraska Invitational, 11/3/84 PARALLEL BARS Greg Cook Michigan State, 1/29/ Travis Romagnoli Michigan State, 2/21/ Leo Oka NCAA East Regionals, 4/10/ Travis Romagnoli at California, 3/6/ Travis Romagnoli at Illinois-Chicago, 2/14/ Travis Romagnoli Michigan/Penn State, 1/31/ Dominick Minicucci Big Ten Championships, 3/25/ Travis Romagnoli Ohio State, 1/24/ Charles Lakes Illinois Open, 3/10/85 HIGH BAR Charles Lakes UCLA Invitational, 2/22/ Charles Lakes Wisconsin, 2/2/ David Zeddies Iowa, 2/26/ Travis Romagnoli Windy City Invitational, 1/15/ Travis Romagnoli Ohio State, 3/16/ Travis Romagnoli at Illinois-Chicago, 2/14/ Travis Romagnoli Michigan State, 2/21/ Travis Romagnoli NCAA East Regionals, 4/4/ Travis Romagnoli Illinois-Chicago, 2/1/ Greg McGlaun at Michigan, 2/4/ Greg McGlaun at Michigan, 3/12/ David Zeddies Southern Illinois, 3/12/ Charles Lakes Southern Illinois, 2/17/ Charles Lakes Northern Illinois, 2/7/ Charles Lakes at Indiana State, 1/31/ Charles Lakes Midwest Open, 11/24/84 TEAM RECORDS TEAM TOTAL vs. Ohio State 3/6/ vs. Michigan State 2/21/ vs. Ohio State 3/8/ at NCAA Championships Qualifying 4/16/ at Big Ten Championships 3/17/00 FLOOR EXERCISE vs. Ohio State 3/8/ vs. Iowa 2/22/ at Windy City Invite 1/15/ at Big Ten Championships 3/25/ vs. Ohio State 3/6/95 POMMEL HORSE at NCAA East Regional 4/10/ at NCAA Championships Qualifying 3/30/ at Big Ten Championships 3/25/ at Michigan State 1/25/ Michigan 2/26/00 STILL RINGS at Minnesota 2/18/ at Michigan, Ohio State 2/4/ at Big Ten Championships 3/25/ at UC-Santa Barbara Invite 3/7/ Michigan 2/26/00 VAULT Illinois-Chicago /28/ at NCAA East Regional 4/4/ at Big Ten Championships 3/20/ at California 3/12/ at NCAA Championship Finals 4/17/98 PARALLEL BARS at Illinois-Chicago 2/14/ Michigan State 2/21/ at UC-Santa Barbara Invite 3/11/ at Big Ten Championships 3/17/ Ohio State 3/6/99 HIGH BAR Illinois-Chicago /1/ at Michigan, Ohio State 2/4/ at NCAA Championship Finals 4/17/ at Windy City Invitational 1/18/ at UC-Santa Barbara Invite 3/1/ at NCAA Championships Qualifying 4/16/ ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 30

31 AWARDS / RECORDS ILLINI RECORDS ( ) (Under Federation de Internationale Gymnastics Code Scoring System System) INDIVIDUAL RECORDS TEAM RECORDS ALL-AROUND TEAM TOTAL Wes Haagensen at Minnesota, 1/22/ Justin Spring vs. Illinois-Chicago, 3/12/ Justin Spring at NCAA Team Final, 4/7/ Wes Haagensen at Temple, 2/26/ Justin Spring at Big Ten Championships, 3/19/ Justin Spring at NCAA Team Finals, 4/7/06 FLOOR EXERCISE Justin Spring vs. Temple, 2/27/ Justin Spring at NCAA Team Finals, 4/7/ Justin Spring at Iowa, 2/21/ Justin Spring at Ohio State, 1/31/ Chad Wiest... at NCAA Qualifiers 4/12/07 POMMEL HORSE Ben Newman at Big Ten Event Finals, 3/20/ Ben Newman vs. Illinois-Chicago, 2/14/ Ben Newman vs. Minnesota, 1/25/ Ben Newman at Windy City Invite, 1/10/ Ben Newman at Big Ten Championships, 3/25/ Ben Newman at Windy City Invite, 1/8/ Bob Rogers at NCAA Event Finals, 4/4/ Ben Newman at NCAA Team Finals, 4/3/04 STILL RINGS Wes Haagensen at Big Ten Championships, 3/25/ Tyler Yamauchi vs. Iowa, 3/5/ Tyler Yamauchi at Pacific Coast Invite, 2/19/ Ben Newman at NCAA Qualifying Round, 4/7/ Tyler Yamauchi at Minnesota, 1/22/ Tyler Yamauchi at Windy City Invite, 1/29/05 VAULT Adam Pummervs. Iowa, 3/5/ Adam Pummerat Temple, 2/26/ Adam PummerNCAA Team Finals, 4/3/ Justin Spring at Ohio State, 1/31/ Adam PummerNCAA Event Finals, 4/4/04 PARALLEL BARS Justin Spring at NCAA Event Finals 4/8/ Justin Spring vs. Temple, 2/11/ Adam Pummer at NCAA Team Finals, 4/8/ Adam Pummer vs. Ohio State, 1/29/ Justin Spring at NCAA Team Finals, 4/8/ Justin Spring vs. Illinois-Chicago, 3/12/05 HIGH BAR Justin Spring at NCAA Team Finals, 4/8/ Justin Spring vs. Temple, 2/27/ Justin Spring vs. Illinois-Chicago, 2/14/ Justin Spring NCAA Event Finals, 4/4/ Adam Pummervs. Army, 3/11/ Adam Pummer at NCAA Team Finals, 4/8/ Justin Spring vs. Iowa, 3/5/ Justin Spring at Ohio State, 1/31/04 Bold indicates current Illini at NCAA Qualifying Round 4/7/ at Big Ten Championships 3/25/ vs. Ohio State 1/29/ NCAA Team Finals 4/3/ Big Ten Championships3/19/ at Oklahoma 3/6/ vs. Penn State 2/12/ vs. Illinois-Chicago 2/14/ vs. Temple 2/27/ at NCAA Team Finals 4/7/06 FLOOR EXERCISE at NCAA Finals 4/13/ at NCAA Qualifiers 4/12/ at at Big Ten Championships 3/30/ Big Ten Championships 3/19/ at NCAA Qualifying Round 4/2/04 POMMEL HORSE NCAA Team Finals 4/3/ Big Ten Championshps 3/19/ at NCAA Qualifying 4/7/ vs. Illinois-Chicago 2/14/ vs. Minnesota 1/25/04 STILL RINGS at Big Ten Championships 3/25/ vs. Iowa 3/5/ vs. Illinois-Chicago 3/12/ at NCAA Qualifying Round 4/7/ at NCAA Qualifiers 4/12/07 VAULT NCAA Team Finals 4/3/ at Big Ten Championships 3/24/ at NCAA Team Finals 4/8/ vs. Iowa 3/5/ Big Ten Championships 3/19/04 PARALLEL BARS at NCAA Team Finals 4/7/ at Windy City Invite 1/8/ at Oklahoma 3/6/ vs. Iowa 3/5/ at NCAA Team Finals 4/8/05 HIGH BAR vs. Temple 2/27/ at NCAA Team Finals 4/8/ vs. Army 3/11/ at NCAA Team Qualifier 4/6/ vs. Illinois-Chicago 2/14/ ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 31

32 AWARDS / RECORDS ILLINI RECORDS (2008-CURRENT) (Under the International Gymnastics Federation s (FIG) Open Ended Code of Points ) INDIVIDUAL RECORDS ALL-AROUND Paul Ruggeri at Nebraska w/ Minnesota (3/11/12)* Tyler Mizoguchiat Oklahoma w/ Penn State (3/19/11) C.J. Maestas.... NCAA Team Finals (4/20/12)* C.J. Maestas.... Big Ten Team Finals (4/6/12)* Paul Ruggeri at NCAA Prelims (4/16/09) FLOOR EXERCISE Chad Wiestvs. UIC (3/20/10) Chad Wiestat Windy City Invitational (1/15/11) Paul Ruggeri at Nebraska w/ Minnesota (3/11/12) Paul Ruggeri Big Ten Individual Finals (4/7/12) Chad Wiestat Oklahoma w/ Penn State (3/19/11) POMMEL HORSE Daniel Ribeiroat NCAA Prelims (4/16/09) Daniel Ribeiro2x, last at Oklahoma w/ Penn State (3/19/11) Daniel Ribeiro3x, last at Big Ten Individual Finals (4/2/11) Daniel Ribeiroat Big Ten Team Finals (4/1/11) Luke Stannard vs. Michigan (3/13/10) Daniel Ribeiro at Penn State (2/20/10) STILL RINGS C.J. Maestas.... at Big Ten Team Finals (4/6/12) Tyler Yamauchi at NCAA Team Finals (4/18/08) Tyler Yamauchivs. Michigan (3/8/08) C.J. Maestas.... 2x, last at NCAA Team Finals (4/20/12) Tyler Yamauchi at Big Ten Championships (4/4/08) VAULT Paul Ruggeri 3x, last at NCAA Individual Finals (4/21/12)* Paul Ruggeri 3x, last vs. Nebraska w/ Minnesota (3/11/12)* Paul Ruggeri at Big Ten Indivual Finals (4/3/10) Paul Ruggeri at Big Ten Team Finals (4/6/12)* Tyler Mizoguchi2x, last at NCAA Team Finals (4/15/11) PARALLEL BARS Tyler Mizoguchiat NCAA Team Finals (4/15/11) Tyler Mizoguchi2x, last at NCAA Prelims (4/14/11) Paul Ruggeri at Penn State (2/20/10) Paul Ruggeri 2x, last at Penn State (2/18/12) Tyler Mizoguchivs. Iowa (1/29/11) HIGH BAR Paul Ruggeri vs. UIC (3/20/10) Paul Ruggeri 4x, last at at Nebraska w/ Minnesota (3/11/12) Paul Ruggeri 2x, last vs. Michigan/Oklahoma (1/28/12) Paul Ruggeri 3x, last vs. Ohio State (3/2/12) Paul Ruggeri at NCAA Team Finals (4/18/09) Bold indicates current Illini *2012 vault/all-around scores converted to scoring system (2012 score + 1) TEAM RECORDS TEAM TOTAL at NCAA Team Finals (4/20/12)* vs. UIC (3/20/10) at NCAA Prelims (4/19/12)* at NCAA Team Finals (4/15/11) at NCAA Team Finals (4/18/08) at Big Ten Team Finals (4/2/10) x, last at NCAA Team Finals (4/17/09) x, last vs. Ohio State (3/2/12)* vs. Michigan (3/13/10) vs. UIC (3/7/09) FLOOR EXERCISE vs. UIC (3/20/10) at Ohio State (1/26/08) at NCAA Team Finals (4/17/09) at NCAA Team Finals (4/15/11) at NCAA Prelims (4/16/09) POMMEL HORSE at NCAA Team Finals (4/20/12) at Big Ten Team Finals (4/3/09) vs. Michigan (3/13/10) vs. UIC (3/7/09) at NCAA Prelims (4/16/09) STILL RINGS at Big Ten Team Finals (4/6/12) at Big Ten Team Finals (4/4/08) x, last at Iowa (1/21/12) vs. Ohio State (3/2/12) at Nebraska w/ Minnesota (3/11/12) VAULT at NCAA Team Finals (4/20/12)* last at NCAA Team Finals (4/18/08) vs. Ohio State (3/2/12)* x, last at NCAA Prelims (4/19/12)* x, last at Big Ten Team Finals (4/1/11) PARALLEL BARS at NCAA Prelims (4/14/11) NCAA Prelims (4/19/12) at NCAA Team Finals (4/15/11) at Penn State (2/20/10) NCAA Team Finals (4/20/12) HIGH BAR vs. Michigan/Oklahoma (1/28/12) vs. UIC (3/20/10) at Big Ten Team Finals (4/2/10) NCAA Prelims (4/19/2012) at Nebraska w/ Minnesota (3/11/12) *2012 vault/team scores converted to scoring system (2012 score + 4) 2013 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 32

33 AWARDS / RECORDS ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS A Adamson, Steve , 83, 84, 85 Adkins, John , 42 Adler, Leon Adler, Maurice A , 23 Albuquerque, Gilberto , 82, 84, 85 Almy, W.H Antoniolli, Carl Aufrecht, Michael , 61, 62 Austin, Jeffrey , 53, 54, 55 Ayalon, Yuval , 96, 97, 98 B Baker, Nicholas , 91, 92, 93 Baley, James Ballou, Donald , 64 Barasch, Alvin Bare, Frank , 53, 54 Barmes, William Barr, Ken , 71, 72 Barrett, Brad Bauer, Ronald Beck, Howard , 73, 74, 75 Bedard, Irvin , 51 Bennett, Austin H Bird, Patrick , 59, 60 Black, William Blair, Gavin , 63 Blazek, Frank Blazek, James ,58, 59 Bohaty, Zdenek Boyer, Michael- 2006, 07, 08 Bradley, Ross , 06, 08, 09 Bralower, Leonard Bredfeldt, Charles Brinkmeyer, Gilbert , 53 Brockman, Robert Broome, Robert , 68 Brown, Harold Brown, Malcolm , 11, 12 Brown, Randall , 67 Brown, Ted , 05, 06 Browning, Richard , 54 Bucher, E.G , 14 Buck, P.E , 14 Buck, Steve Burgeson, Lennart Butler, Paul Butts, Larry , 69, 70 C Cadel, Robert W , 33 Calhoun, Dean , 67 Calvetti, Joseph , 48, 49 Cannon, James Cason, Robert Chance, Watts W Chapple, Steve , 68, 69 Cheriel, Ricardo , 91, 92, 93 Cherry, William L , 31 Chhay, Vuthik , 92, 93 Christian, William A , 31 Claycomb, Gordon Cleary, James Clow, Robert Coats, Wayne , 69 Cobb, Charles C , 42 Cook, Greg , 99, 00, 01 Corbitt, Jon , 96, 97, 98 Crawford, Sean-Paul , 00, 01, 02 Cress Jr., John , 40 Cryer, Walter , 52 Culbertson, Jon , 55, 56 D Dallenbach, John Danzer, John Davis, John , 57, 58 Davis, John , 69 Davis, John , 78, 79 Deutschman, F.J Dewey, Carter Diamond, Robert Diamond, Scott Dillon, Andrew , 88, 89 Dixon, Arthur G Dolan, Frank , 50, 51 Dooley, Justin, , 86 Draper, E.L Drollinger, Jon , 06, 07, 08 E Echols, Holly Edwards, Robert , 38 Eliason, John , 65, 66 Elkin, David , 94, 95 Ensalaco, Robert Erwin, Frank , 74, 75, 76 F Feinstein, Victor , 77, 78, 79 Fenske, Greg , 72, 73 Field, David , 40 Filla, Michael , 02, 03, 04 Fina, John , 49 Fina, Joseph , 48, 49, 50 Fina, Louis , 41, 42 Fina, Paul , 40, 41 Fina, Paul Jr Fisher, Arthur , 36 Flodin, Forest Flood, William , 63 Forman, Marvin Fulton, William J , 28, 29 G Gardner, Thomas , 54, 55 Garnett, Erik , 03, 04 Geist, Harry F Giallombardo, Joseph , 39, 40 Gill, Matt , 99, 00 Glasser, Julian , 32, 33 Glomb, Robert , 62 Goldstein, William (Bill Goldie) , 39, 40 Gombos, Edward , 58, 59 Goodrich, John Goone, David , 82, 83 Goren, Zach Gossett, William P Grace, Dale , 62 Grace, Sterling Grant, Kimp , 92, 93 Gray, James N , 32, 33 Grieb, Donald , 75 Grimes, Michael , 72, 73, 74 Grossfeld, Abie , 58, 59, 60 Grossi, George H Haagensen, Wes , 06, 07, 08 Hackleman, Michael Hadley, Raymond , 61, 62 Hailand, Frank , 57, 58 Hale, Clarence Halkin, Daniel Ham, Jonathan , 99, 00, 01 Hamman, James Hand, Nick , 03, 04, ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 33 Harrington, Peter , 48 Harvey, Allan , 58, 59 Hayasaki, Casey , 04 Heil, Robert Heimovics, I Henderson, Sean , 91, 92 Hettinger, Kurt , 97, 98, 99 Highsmith, Charles Hirsch, Alan , 91 Hlinka, Anthony Hlinka, Charles Hoang, Linh , 99, 00, 01 Hochhauser, Daniel , 71, 72 Hois, William Hollman, Edward E Holmes, Harold , 62, 63 Holveck, Gary Horimura, Hirosh , 17 Hosfield, Mark , 77, 78 Hoskins, Robert N Houser, Edwin Howorth, Ronald Hudachek, Lawrence Hughes, Edgar , 38 Hughes, Gaylord , 49, 50 Hunt, Paul , 72, 73 Hutchings, Steven I Iffland, Llewellyn , 64, 65 Illingworth, Michael Im, Oscar , 86 J Jenkinson, Hugh R , 29, 30 Jennings, Alpha Jirus, Richard , 55, 56 Joudakin, Al Juengert, Steve , 84, 85, 86 K Kalin, Gene , 71, 72 Kamm, Rufus M Kaplan, Mark , 68, 69 Karon, Michael , 57 Karpen, William , 73, 74, 75 Katzman, Jesse Ketchen, John G , 00, 01, 02 Kimball, Jason Kingsbury, Franklin L Kirby, Eugene , 61 Klausman, Henry , 61, 62 Kobylinski, Brian , 93, 94, 95 Koehnemann, Harry , 40, 41 Komm, Joseph Komm, Rudolph Koperski, Kevin , 1997 Kostick, Andrew Kowalski, Charles , 93, 94 Kraft, Michael , 81 Kratz, A.P Kring, Charles W , 32 Kushner, Terry L Lakes, Charles , 84, 85 Landon, R.H , 28 Landry, Jeremiah , 93, 94, 95 Lane, Randy , 87, 88 Lat, Paul , 76, 77, 78 Lawler, William , 61, 62 Lechner, Steven , 79, 80, 81 Ledvora, Joseph , 84, 86 Lenke, E.H Levitt, David

34 AWARDS / RECORDS ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS Lifvendahl, Richard Linder, Raymond , 48, 50 Lindner, Paul , 88 Linhart, George , 91 Linnenburger, Paul , 00, 01 Lirot, Daniel , 55, 56 Liscovitz, Brian , 08, 09, 10 Luketin, Nate Lung, Chris , 07, 08, 09 Lundien, Edwin Luyando, David M Macedo, Goncalo , 94, 95, 96 Maher, Steve , 85 Mann, A.S Maestas, C.J Margolis, Andrew ,12 Marrero, Emilio , 89, 92 Marshall, Douglas Mason, Chad , 12 Matson, George McCarthy, John , 68, 69 McDonald, B.A , 26 McFarland, P.E McGlaun, Greg , 95, 96, 97 McGlone, Chris , 97 McKee, Christopher , 87, 88, 89 McMurchie, Kevin , 81, 82, 83 Michalek, Matt Mierzwa, Fred , 68 Mingle, David , 85, 87, 88 Mingle, Michael Minicucci, Dominick , 89 Mitchell, Jeffrey , 80, 81, 82 Mizoguchi, Tyler , 10, 11 Mkchyan, Tigran , 86, 87, 88 Moe, Kyle , 11, 12 Monk, Marvin Morf, F.P Mori, Yoshi , 11, 12 Murchison, R.R Murray, Robert Murray, William N Nagel, Richard , 72 Newman, Ben , 03, 04, 05 Nilsen, P.J , 15 Nishimoto, Eric , 99, 00, 01 Norwood, E.E , 24, 25 O O Hare, John O Heron, John Oeler, Richard C , 29, 30 Oka, Leo , 99, 00, 01 Olson, Carlton , 78, 79, 80 Oltendorf, Kevin , 82,83 Orr, R.V P Padera, C.J , 10, 11, 12 Padera, Kyle , 10 Palmer, Richard , 51 Palmer, William Pangrle, Brian , 82, 83 Panozzo, Brad , 96, 97, 98 Pasek, Roger , 09 Pearlstein, David , 91, 92, 93 Peltzer, A , 30 Perlman, S.L , 24 Peterson, David , 82 Petritis, Daniel , 91 Phillips, Austin , 11, 12 Phillips, Oliver Phillips, R.J Plante, Jonathan Pletta, D.H , 26, 27 Polaski, Kenneth Portocarrero, Maxwell Posey, Douglas Potter, Richard , 37 Prather, Paul , 37 Prochaska, Brad , 72 Pummer, Adam , 04, 05, 06 Q Quade, Chip , 80 R Rafaloski, Dennis Raymond, Edward , 69, 70 Reali, Craig , 78, 79, 80 Redman, Matt , 95, 96, 97 Redmond, John Reed, Robert , 66 Regan, Devin , 11, 12 Rehor Jr., Joseph , 35 Reiter, E.L , 29, 30 Ribeiro, Daniel , 09, 10, 11 Rodriguez, Paul , 81, 82, 83 Roemer, John , 71, 72 Rogers, Bob , 02, 03, 04 Rogers, Cameron , 12 Rollo, Cook , 67, 68 Romagnoli, Travis , 98, 99, 00 Romero, David , 87, 89, 90 Rosch, Frank , 81, 82, 83 Ross, H.A Ruggeri, Paul , 09, 10, 12 Ruppert, Thomas Russo, Anthony , 04, 05, 06 S Sacramento, Anthony , 10, 11, 12 Sader, Melvin Salemo, Charles Salemo, Lloyd Salter, John , 62 Samsten, Kari , 82, 83, 84 Sanches, Gilmarcio , 82, 83, 84 Sanchez, Victor , 65, 66 Saavedra, Andres , 08, 09, 10 Scanlan, John , 84 Schmeissing, Roy Schmidt, Michael , 78, 79 Schreier, Marc Schroeder, John Schutt, Steve , 74 Schwitzer, G.B , 23 Sepke, Arnold , 69 Seward, Ed Shapin, Paul , 67, 68 Sharp, John Shaw, Harold , 67, 68 Shostchuk, Peter , 03, 04, 05 Sidlinger, Bruce Silcox, Chris , 06, 07, 08 Silhan, William , 66, 67 Silverman, David Sims, C.E Singer, R.B , 24 Smidl, E Smith, Cole , 12 Vince Smurro Spelic, Bob , 01, 02, 03 Sperry, L.B Spring, Justin , 04, 05, 06 Spurney, Robert , 76, 77, ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 34 Stahl, Archie , 23 Stahl, Cecil Stango, Nick , 07, 09 Stannard, Luke , 08, 09, 10 Stoldt, David , 78, 79, 80 Stone, Kenneth , 55, 56 Stuebe, Louis Stuermer, Raymond Styles, Edward , 11, 12 Su, Kenneth , 95 Sullivan, Robert , 52, 53 Swonick, Robert , 71 T Taylor, Jonathan Temple, Harry Thompson, M Ticknor, Anthony , 86 Tolmie, T.W Tonry, Donald , 57, 59 Torres, Nathan , 01, 02 Torres, Ricardo , 34 Trabert, M.L Trujillo, Oscar Tucker, Brandon , 97, 98 Tucker, Joel , 87, 88, 89 Turnbull, Jeffrey V Valdez, Jordan , 12 Valentino, John Van Etten, Gary Varga, Alex , 12 Von Ebers, Donald , 48, 49 W Wagner, Wayne , 64, 65 Wagstaff, C.D Wakerlin, Warren , 62, 63 Wasik, Jon , 95 Wayman, Leonard , 35 Weber, Charles , 66, 67 Weintraub, Edward Weirsma, H.A Weiss, Raymond , 39, 40 Wetterling, Scott , 02, 03, 04 Whipple, G.B White, Matthew , 93, 94 Whitney, E.M Wiest, Chad , 08, 10, 11 Williamson, Tyler , 08, 09, 10 Wills, Eric , 99, 00 Wilner, Mike Wilson, Josh Wolochuk, Lee , 90, 91 Wolochuk, Mark , 91 Y Yahiro, Mark Yamauchi, Tyler , 06, 07,08 Yasukawa, Steven , 76, 77, 78 Yeaton, F.D Yi, Theodore , 78 Z Zak, Kyle , 97, 98, 99 Zander, Anthony , 76, 77 Zavell, Howard , 88, 89 Zeddies, David , 87, 88, 89 Ziegler, A.W , 21 Zinzi, Vito , 48 Zitzewitz, A.F Zitzler, Earl , 32 Zopf, William

35 2013 FIGHTING ILLINI TV ROSTER Doug Blanton, So. Logan Bradley, Fr. Malcolm Brown, Sr. Fred Hartville, Fr. C.J. Maestas, So. Andrew Margolis, Jr. Chad Mason, Jr. Max Mayr, Fr. Yoshi Mori, Sr. Joey Peters, Fr. Austin Phillips, Sr. Cameron Rogers, Jr. Nick Sacramento, So. Cole Smith, Jr. Vince Smurro, Sr. Jacob Tilsley, RS Fr. Jordan Valdez, Jr. Alex Varga, Jr. Mike Wilner, So. Josh Wilson, So. Justin Spring Head Coach Ivan Ivankov Assistant Coach Daniel Ribeiro Assistant Coach Luke Stannard Volunteer Assistant Coach 2013 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 35